 | 1822 - 184 pages
...have plenty of bread : but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. CHAP. XXX. Two things have I required of thee: deny me them not...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. CHAP. XXXI. WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...full with travail and vexation of spirit. (4 EC. 6.) 22. What was Agur's earnest desire and prayer? Remove far from me vanity and lies, give me neither...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (30 Pr. 8, 9.) 23. How does Christ exhort us to avoid worldly anxiety and seek spiritual blessings... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...moderate views of human ife, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Amur's petition: " Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. oPlan-et, plSn'-lt, a body that moves round the sun. b E-ther, e'-ther, an element... | |
 | Marcia Terrell - 1996 - 62 pages
...••.*•• ' C Dec. 1870 The Cause of Disease Mrs. EGWhite "The prayer of Agur is instructive: "Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither...Poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Prov. 30:8,9. "Among the evils of this life are extreme poverty and great riches; either frequently... | |
 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 2011 - 454 pages
...content' (I Tim. 6.6f.) . 'Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?", or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God' (Prov. 3o.Sf). 'Flee from the midst of Babylon . . . She was not healed... | |
 | 2000 - 276 pages
...probably a quotation from some spurious Gospel. Roas refers to Proverbs, chap. xxx. ver. 7, 8, 9, " Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord ? or lest I bo poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." neglect me; and, if I make thee poor, then... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...to serve in a different way. Martin Buber, / and Thou (1937) 159 POVERTY See also 16.). ALMSGIVING 1 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest 1 be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name... | |
 | James Shane - 2002 - 710 pages
...look well to thy herds: For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. The abundance of the rich will not sjjffejjiijnxto_jl£ep. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing.... | |
 | Rayola Kelley - 2002 - 290 pages
...me what I have need of. This simple supplication reminds me of the prayer found in Proverbs 30:7-9: "Two things have I required of thee; deny me them...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain" The wise writer of Proverbs realized that all the world could offer were lies, vanity, or lust that... | |
 | William Thomas Price, G. Glenn Clift - 2009 - 635 pages
...Bussard 's personality, he seems to have been a man that pondered Agur's prayer to a good purpose: "Two things have I required of Thee, deny me them...Lord; or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of mv God in vain." — Proverbs xxx. 7-9. DAVID BRIGHT. Owing to numerous family affiliations in our... | |
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Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor... 
