The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 7 |
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Anec beauty better Bible blessing Book of Proverbs C. H. Spurgeon called character child Christ Christian comp death desire Divine earth eternal evil eyes father fear folly fool foolish fruit give glory God's grace hand happy hath heart heaven Henry holy honour human idle is-I king knowledge labour Lebanon live look Lord Lord Bacon man's means ment mind mocketh moral mother myrrh nature ness never Ostiak Otto Zöckler Palestine person pleasure poor proverb racter regard Rehoboam religion replied rich righteous seek servant Sheol sinner Solomon soul speak spirit sure Syria thee things Thomas thou thought tion tongue tree true truth vanity wealth Whitecross wicked wisdom wise woman word Wordsworth young youth Zöckler
Popular passages
Page 314 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 45 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 217 - Be thou blest, Bertram ! and succeed thy father In manners as in shape ! thy blood and virtue Contend for empire in thee ; and thy goodness Share with thy birthright ! Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use ; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key : be check' d for silence, But never tax'd for speech.
Page 310 - And they of the circumcision, which believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Page 118 - The rod and reproof give wisdom ; but a child left to himself, bringeth his mother to shame.
Page 166 - The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Page 343 - ... the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Page 305 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 105 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 355 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.