 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 sivua
...soon take me away. Q. 117. What were the two things for which Agur prayed? Proverbs, xxx. 7, 8, A. Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them...nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me. Q. 118. Doth the word of God enjoin on us never to bear false witness? Exodus, xx. 16. A. Thou shalt... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1822 - 208 sivua
...very first duty of every man. " Two things," says AGUR, " have I asked ; deny me them not be" fore I die : remove far from me vanity and lies ; '' give..." food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny " ihee ; or lest I be poor and steal." 19. A good living, therefore, a competence, \a the first thing... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 498 sivua
...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...food convenient for me : Lest I be full, and deny tkee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.*... | |
 | William Arnot - 1978 - 588 sivua
...take advantage of it. Having found God to be a Father, he quickly exercises the rights of a child : " Two things have I required of thee : deny me them not before I die." A remarkable precision of conception and expression may be observed in this ancient prophecy. As in... | |
 | Daniel J. Harrington - 1991 - 470 sivua
...Lord than great treasure and trouble with it" (Prov 15:16); "give me neither poverty nor riches . . . lest I be full and deny thee, and say, 'Who is the Lord?' " (Prov 30:8-9). Perhaps the most eloquent warning about the dangers of wealth appears in Sirach 31:5-7:... | |
 | Susan Ketchin - 1994 - 436 sivua
...poverty nor riches," she said in this wire-thin voice of hers, "feed me with the food that is needful to me; lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?" All of us shared the recital except Shank Evans; that was his Sunday to cull out Zelene's... | |
 | Luigi Zoja - 1995 - 252 sivua
...of human civilization. 141 10 THE CONTINUITY OF THE MYTH OF LIMITS: WESTERN STORIES The golden mean Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...I be full, and deny thee, and say Who is the Lord? (Proverbs, 30, 7) WHAT THE SERPENT KNEW For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1998 - 458 sivua
...epidemic of 1633. 7. Agur's prayer is recorded in Proverbs 30.1-33. Perhaps relevant here is the verse: "Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me" (30.8). 8. Absalom, third son of David, slew his half-brother Amnon for having raped Absalom's sister... | |
 | Scott Morton - 1999 - 224 sivua
...Prov. 30:8.9 helpful: "Give me neither poverty nor riches: Feed me with the food that is my portion. Lest I be full and deny Thee and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or lest I be in want and steal. And profane the name of my God." Second, expect criticism. Matt. 11:18.19 says,... | |
 | 2000 - 276 sivua
...probably a quotation from some spurious Gospel. Roas refers to Proverbs, chap. xxx. ver. 7, 8, 9, " Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord ? or lest I bo poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." neglect me; and, if I make thee poor, then... | |
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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 
