 | Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1848 - 908 pages
...may fasten a sermon. It is like driving a nail into the mind, and hanging up the lesson upon it. " The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies." Cecil records the effect of a few such words driven unexpectedly into his own mind, by a plain man... | |
 | William Brewis - Preaching - 1848 - 38 pages
...sought to find out acceptable words ; and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails, fastened by the masters of assemblies." The same eminent individual said, — " The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness... | |
 | Robert Mimpriss - 1849 - 606 pages
...sought to find out acceptable words: and that which tea* written wot upright, even words of truth. 11, The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails...of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd,' EC. xii. 10, .1 - Mh- u. mli if most sweet: yea, he it altogether lovely. This it my beloved, and "'... | |
 | Theology - 1849 - 788 pages
...sought to find out acceptable words ; and that which was written, was upright, even words of truth. "The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails...assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. "And further, by these my son, be admonished ; of making many books there is no end ; and much study is... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 778 pages
...sought to find out acceptable words ; and that which was written, was upright, even words of truth. ' ] The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened...of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. i2 And further, by these my son, be admonished ; of making many books there is no end ; and much study... | |
 | W. D. Gann - Self-Help - 1950 - 124 pages
...out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. — Eccl. 12:10. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened...assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.— Eccl. 12:11. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before... | |
 | Harold Bayley - Cosmology - 1912 - 394 pages
...taught the people knowledge ; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened...of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd." 3 1 Lempriere. 2 Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, p. 281. 3 Ecclesiastes xii. 9, 1 1. CHAPTER VIII... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1927 - 778 pages
...music and subscribe contentedly, without knowing wholly what he means, to the Preacher's remark : ' The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened...of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.' No, truly we would not change the obscurity of these fine old words, endeared by long use and echoing... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails...of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study... | |
 | Robert M. Polhemus - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 408 pages
...preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies. [Ibid., 12:8-11] "Yesterday's preacher," writes Thackeray in The English Humorists, "becomes the text... | |
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The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 
