| John Ely - Readers - 1817 - 124 pages
...Billy found Agur's prayer in the xxxth chapter of Proverbs ; and here it is: Two things have I desired of thee; deny me them not before I die. Remove far...from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor rnhes ; feed me with. food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny TJiec, and say, Who is the Lord?... | |
| Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1818 - 428 pages
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...riches. Feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be fully and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take SERMON... | |
| Hugh Blair - Sermons, English - 1818 - 478 pages
...prayer to God; Re* VOL. i. p move SERMON move far from me -vanity and lies. Give me m' , neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny ihee, and say, Who is the Lord ? Or lest 1 be poor and steal>and take the name of my God in vain *.... | |
| Matthew Henry - Prayer - 1818 - 234 pages
...vanity and lies ; give us neither poverty nor riches ; feed us with food convenient for us, lest we be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest we be poor and steal, and take the name of our God in vain.e Lord, we ask not for dainties, for they... | |
| Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...professing godliness, with good worksf. SECT. 9. Prayers of the servants of God relative to this subject. Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; 'feed me with food convenient for me".... | |
| sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...Amen. LECTURE XXIX. EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. ExODUS, xx. 15. Thou shall not steal. PROvERBS, xxx. 7, 8, 9. Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die : remove Jar from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient Jbr... | |
| Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...their trust in him. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 7 : 8 Remove far from me vanity and liesi give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1840 - 644 pages
...that offered it? 1. He gave a reason for his prayer. Insane men do not reason much. Hear the reason: " Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord ?" Hence he would not be rich. Now if riches cause men to deny and disregard God — if they magnify... | |
| George Holden - Bible - 1819 - 538 pages
...and thou be found a liar. 7 Two things I request of thee, O God ; Deny me them not before I die : 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies ; Give me neither poverty nor riches ; But feed me with food convenient for me : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, " Who is Jehovah?"... | |
| Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1820 - 398 pages
...recorded in the book of Proverbs, to have been the wish and choice of one who was eminent for wisdom. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...convenient for me. l,est I be full, and deny thee, find say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, find steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* From... | |
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