...wise preacher in Israel. " My son, if thou wilt receive my words and hide my commandments with thde, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply...understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver and searches! for her as for hid treasure, then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the...

...thon wilt receive my words, and hide my commandment within thee ; so that thou incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding : yea,...thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures : then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God ;" Prov....

...for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.— Prov. i. 5. 22. 28, 29. Apply thine heart to understanding: yea, if thou criest...and liftest up thy voice for understanding : if thou seek her as silver, &c. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of...

...only read, but search into the word of God. " If thou seekest her (wisdom) as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." 3. Read it every day, not only now and then. It ought to be loved above...

...in .another part of the inspired volume, runs thus : " If thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures — then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God."^ If it be enquired, what are the means to be employed .by us in the cultivation...

...thoa wilt receive my words, and hide my commandment within thee ; so that thou incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding : yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest uji thy voice for understanding : if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as hid treasures...

...salvation, you may take encouragement from such a declaration as that, Prov. ii. 1, &c. " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with...then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." 2. They should often turn in upon their own minds, and seriously consider...

...wicked and slothful servant," will not encourage the slothfulness which he condemneth. " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with...then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God : for the Lord giveth wisdom '." Mark here to whom God giveth wisdom : all...

...ser* 1 John Hi. 18, 19, 20, 21. 2 Cor. i. 12. pents." If thou wilt receive my words, saith the Lord, and hide my commandments with thee : so that thou...then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge Of God. FOR THE LORD GIVETH" WISDOM,* and the children of this world, should not...

...X. Page 147. AN EAGER PURSUIT AFTER RELIGIOUS WISDOM THE WAY TO OBTAIN IT. Prov. ii. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with...understanding ; • If thou seekest her as silver, and searcheat for her as for hid treasures ; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, THfe ¥-AtgSBfE...