| Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 páginas
...penury in the parish workhouse. " See," said my uncle, " how selfishness defeats its own ends. ' There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.' Those who might secure general respect and gratitude as benefactors of their race, often expose themselves... | |
| Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 páginas
...to the poor," fays the wife man, " mall not lack." " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Suppofe, however, that it mould not feem good to the Almighty to reward your beneficence with worldly... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 páginas
...rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrdwer is servant to the lender. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great... | |
| Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 páginas
...ready distribution unto the necessities of others, Prov. xi. 24, 25. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul •hall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered himself. 8. By seeking our... | |
| John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 páginas
...to be kind ; and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty :" " There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath... | |
| Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 páginas
...loss. The words of wise Solomon are applicable here, Prov. xi. 2 i. "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.'1 7. To the grosser kinds of theft we must refer particularly "robbery," by which wicked men... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 páginas
...words are verified, the liberal are blessed, and the miser is starved ; " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." However, don't cut too close; nor act at your clipping feast like churlish Nabal, who kept a feast... | |
| 1803 - 652 páginas
...of other families, not so minded, have melted away. "There is that scattereth and yet inereaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet; but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made tat ; and he that watered), shall be Watered also himself." Brethren, the... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 páginas
...which in times of extreme scarcity^ withholds seed from the sower. " There is that " scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that " withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to " poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat ; " and he that watereth shall be watered also him" self."* " He which... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1814 - 184 páginas
...73. What blessings are promised to the merciful and charitable man ? There is that scattercth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tcndeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered also... | |
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