 | 1611 - 360 pages
...shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,...ever: And doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, And herbs of the mountains are gathered.... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...^PfiW.;TrTn.:froint verfe 23. to r, and diligence in it/"; frugally; the end. Be ;thou dUigetat to knowdie ftate of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever,— Eccl.ii. 24. There is nothing; better for a man, than that he Ihould eat and drink, and that he ihould... | |
 | David Durell - 1772 - 326 pages
...remarkable that fome Shepherds will know every Sheep in very large Flocks merely by their Faces. V. 24. For Riches are not for ever : and doth the Crown endure to every Generation ? J 11-1(1) TllS It: DN1 — pn oW? vh »3] Rather FOR RICHES are NOT FOR EVER; NEITHER SURELY ARE... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...•depart from him, 23 q Be thoit diligent to know the ftate of thy flocks, *nd look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grafs fheweth itfelf, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...some few things which seem to me necessary, 1 am sure you will find very useful and conducive to it. ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds,' was the advice of the wisest man and the richest king, and for a very good reason which he gives, '... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...when she is old. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest, yea heshall.give delight ufctothy soul. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Commit thy works unto... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...chiding add rebukes, and blow», yet they will have no good effect nfion euch an 23 obstinate creature. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look -well to thy herds. Лп admirable rule, not only for husbandmen, but for all matter* and mistresses : they »hould 24... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...denied the faith and is worfe than an infidel. q Prov. 27. 13 . «?. Be then diligent to know the (late of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds ; for riches are not for ever, &c — Eccl. 3 u, 13. I know that theie is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice and to do good... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...are not a lasting possession. Prov. xxiii. 5 . Riches make themselves wings and fly away. xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever, and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 1 Cor. vi. 13. Matt. vi. 19. They are treasures which moth and rust do corrupt, and which thievei... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...will be puffed up with it ; if he be wise and solid, he will be no whit moved therewith. XXVII. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look •well to thy herds. Be diligent, above all parts of husbandry, in that which concerns thy cattle, whether flocks or herds,... | |
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 
