| 1814 - 760 pages
...counsels.' Ought I then to exclude myself from being interested in this benevolent address ? ' My Son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments...and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom... | |
| Thomas Scott - Christian life - 1814 - 198 pages
...things, is not to be acquired without earnest and diligent seeking, (Prov. c. ii. v. 1, 6.) " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments...understanding ; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and lifteth up thy voice for understanding ; if them seekest her as silver, and searchest for her, as for... | |
| James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 pages
...teachable, praying spirit : continually repair to this oracle, ask wisdom of God, and it will be given you. Yea, " if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest...seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasure, then shalt thon understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." 2. Examine... | |
| Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...Wisdom's Promise. • MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee ; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding ; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; 4 If thou seekest... | |
| William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...of success ; " If thou incline " thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to un" derstanding ; if thou criest after knowledge, and " liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seek" est her as silver, and scarchest for her as for hid " treasure ; then shalt thou understand the... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 512 pages
...concerns his temporal or spiritual affairs : There arc promises suited to this case, in Prov. ii. 3—6. ' If thou criest ' after knowledge, and liftest up thy...and searchest for her, as for hid ' treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; ' and find the knowledge of God.' And in Jdmes i. 5. '... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...and reasonable all its rules and precepts are. Again, in the second chapter of this book : " My son, thy heart to understanding: yea if thou cricst after knowledge, and liltest up thy voice for understanding... | |
| Congregational churches - 1815 - 604 pages
...to save the soul." — "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide niv commandments with tliee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply...understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftcst up thy voice for understanding; if thou soekrtt her as silver, and searches! for her as for... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 508 pages
...his temporal or spiritual affairs : There are promises suited to this case, in Prov. ii. 3 — 6. ' If thou criest ' after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding ; * if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her, as for hid | 4 treasures; then shah thou understand the fear of the Lord; * and... | |
| William Van Mildert - Bible - 1815 - 452 pages
...With Solomon's exhortation to the same effect, the subject may, therefore, now be closed. " My son, if thou wilt receive *' my words, and hide my commandments " with thee, so that thou incline thine " ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart " to understanding; yea, if thou criest " after knowledge, and liftest... | |
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