| Bible - 1840 - 254 pages
...Prov. x. 22. The blessings of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Prov. xv. 16. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith. Eccl. ii. 26. God doth give to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, ami joy: but... | |
| Robert Adair - 1840 - 328 pages
...upon that which is not ? For riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away. Prov. xxiii. 4. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith. Prov. xv. 16. CONCLUSION. IN bringing this memoir to a conclusion, it would be very appropriate to... | |
| James Wilson - Fishes - 1840 - 510 pages
...leaf, forms the basis or but-end of the present publication. hoarded heaps, know not that " Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith," — or wasting themselves and substance in riot and intemperance, forget how far sweeter is " a dinner... | |
| 1840 - 844 pages
...three meet again?' Little did I anticipate such a change in my prospects ; but God's will be done. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great riches without right. Perhaps I estimated money as a means of usefulness, above its real importance,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1840 - 326 pages
...himself rich, and yet hath nothing ; there is that maketh himself poor, and yet hath great riches. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures and trouble therewith. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning, but the end... | |
| George Mogridge - 1841 - 296 pages
...Edmund was taught to believe that " Godliness with contentment is great gain;" and that "Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and . trouble therewith," 1 Tim. vi. 6 ; Prov. xv. 16. Many pitied him when his worldly friends fell away, and said, " This is... | |
| Robert Allan Scott - Christian life - 1841 - 56 pages
...food and raiment, let us be therewith content. (Read on to verse 20.) Prov. xv. 16, 17.—Better is little, with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith. Heb. xiii. 5.—Let... | |
| Thomas Comber - 1841 - 550 pages
...to repair it. Neither let the pretence of impoverishing our heirs obstruct these pious purposes, for better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great revenues without right, Prov. xvi. 8. The curse which follows what is ill-gotten will eat out all the... | |
| James Ussher (abp. of Armagh.) - 1841 - 582 pages
...supplieth all our wants. (1 Tim. iv. 8. Psalm xxxiv. 10. xxxvii. ltj. Matt. vi. 33. Prov. xv. 16.) Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and trouble therewith. 2. The consideration of God's providence ; who is our provident and... | |
| Old Humphrey - Christian life - 1779 - 296 pages
...Edmund was taught to believe that " Godliness with contentment is great gain ;" and that " Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith," 1 Tim. vi. 6 ; Prov. xv. 16. Many pitied him when his worldly friends fell away, and said, " This is... | |
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