 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 sivua
...height of folly to set our hearts upon them, and to say in our prosperity, We shall never be moved. " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for...make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven." Wilt thou set thine heart upon that which cannot satisfy? for worldly things are but... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1838 - 152 sivua
...vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.- Wilt thou set thine eyes upon thai which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Deut. 8. 10—13, 17, 18. Ps. 62. 10. Prov. 23. 5. || and 30. 8, 9. Luke 8. 14. Deut.... | |
 | Edward Edwards (Rector of Penegoes.) - 1838 - 372 sivua
...idolatrous existence; but ere his life close, some untoward occurrence may take away his goods : " for riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away as an eagle toward heaven," 6 And are these " uncertain riches," in which you trust, worthy of all the corroding... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 sivua
...dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4 • Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. 5 -j- toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty... | |
 | Andrew Gray - 1839 - 508 sivua
...them contemptible, and moveth us to undervalue them : and that which Solomon hath, Prov. xxiii. 5, Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings, z 2 SPIRITUAL WARFARE. and fly away. Ere long, the world shall either leave you, or you shall leave... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 sivua
...in Proverbs, is interesting, as clearly manifesting the muscular force of the writer's mind: — " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches make themselves wings — they flie away as an eagle." — Proiperbs xxiii. 8. False world, thou ly'st... | |
 | J. Greaves - 1840 - 404 sivua
...worldly riches, when unconnected with spiritual blessings. Prov. xxiii. 4, 5: " Labour not to be rich : wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...make themselves wings ; they fly away, as an eagle toward heaven." God permits ungodly men to obtain riches, and we are taught that they need expect no... | |
 | Robert Adair - 1840 - 328 sivua
...The little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. Labour not to be rich. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away. Prov. xxiii. 4. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith.... | |
 | John Goodwin - 1840 - 774 sivua
...degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." Elsewhere : " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings," Prov. xxiii. 5. So also : " Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1840 - 708 sivua
...are therefore things which are not, and nothing cannot be a fit object for confidence or affection. " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings," Prov. xxiii. 5. They are not properly beings; because they are not stable, but flitting. They are not;... | |
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 
