 | William Beckford - 1868 - 189 páginas
...thus Habakkuk: " Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil;" and Obadiah: " though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars,"... | |
 | Catherine A. M. BROUGHAM - 1869 - 310 páginas
...thick clay ;' ' woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his house on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil.' We shah1 pray to be delivered from ' the inordinate love of riches,' if we simply read these words... | |
 | 1871
...dwell therein. »Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, *ffv?e assay "Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.... | |
 | 1872
...she repeated : " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! " Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy... | |
 | 1872
...dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest nd overtake thee: l6 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, an '°Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.... | |
 | William Rogers - 1873
...dwell therein. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! Thou nast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.... | |
 | Rule - 1873
...smote iim." " Woe to him that coveteth an evil oovetousnees to his house that he may set iiis next on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil." And Christ warns ns " Take heed and beware of covetonsness," S. Luke xii. 15, S. Matt, xxiii. 25, etc.,... | |
 | Jehovah - 1873
...them ? . . . "Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil." After Hezekiah, there were very wicked kings of Judah. 2 Kings xxii. and 2 Chron. xxxiii. and xxxv.... | |
 | David Thomas - 1877
...thief in spirit and in reality. Secondly: Trusting in false securities. So "that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil." The image is from an eagle (Job xxix. 37). The royal citadel is meant. The Chaldeans built high towers... | |
 | William Haven Daniels - 1878 - 612 páginas
...INTEMPERANCE. " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.... | |
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