 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they shall be alike good. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look Avell to thy herds. He that tilleth his land shall he satisfied with hread; but he that folIpweth vain... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...thou «at bread, till thou ret urn unto the ground. (3 Gen. 17, 18, 19.) 2. Is diligence commanded ? Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. (27 Pr.23.) 3. If (iv are we required to fulfil the labours of our stations in life ? That ye study... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1824 - 450 pages
..."marriage is honourable in all." Doth religion refuse to allow time for attention to business ? No : " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds, for riches are not forever." There are two sorts of employments in life, the first lawful, the last un, lawful. There... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...Prov. xxiii. 4, 5. Hell and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are never satisfied, 8tc. Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation ? — Prov. xxvii. 20. 24. CHAP. XXXVII.] Of THIS PRESENT WORLD, &C. eat and drink, &c. This also I saw, that it was from... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...Prov. xxiii. 4, 5. Hell and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are never satisfied, &c. Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation ? — Prov. xxvii. 20. 24. 417 eat and drink, &c. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. — ' Eccles. ii.... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...gei Russel's Hist, of Aleppo, vol. ii, p. 150. 1 Amos iii, 12. • Page 234. nerally overlooked : " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds, and thou shalt have goats' milk enough for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 23 h he spake 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth,... | |
 | William Penn - 1825 - 632 pages
...a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings.'' Thirdly, It preserves an estate : " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herd ; for riches are not for ever," chap. xxvii. 23, 24. There is no living upon the. principal ;... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 596 pages
...sorrow, to quicken" you in prayer or praise. This is what Solomon prescribes in Prov. xxvii. 23, " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds ;" whether it refer to a literal inspection of shepherds, in a proper sense, or metaphorical in a political... | |
 | 1827 - 392 pages
...rich" — " The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ; but the slothful shall be under tribute." " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." Seest thou a man diligent," or punctual " in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall... | |
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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. 
