 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.  Letters on Missions - Side 183af William Swan - 1830 - 280 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | James Dana - 1806 - 518 sider
...waters, and it fhall return again after many days. " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and " there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it ** tendeth to poverty. Charge them that are rich in " this world, that they be not high-minded, nor truft " in uncertain riches,... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 sider
...just. It is the interest of your circumstances ; for there is. that scatter eth and yet increascth;, and there is. that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. It is the interest of your diversions ; for the wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, a dreadful... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1808 - 842 sider
...hearts, he has purses also, and can never want seamen: ' There is tlial scatters and yet increases ; and there is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Sir Rol>. Hoaurd. After Chatham business, the king hud n greater opportunity to impose than he has... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 sider
...the increase of our true riches. God is not unrighteous to forget our works . of piety and love. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 3. The cost to which tine religion subjects us is too small to be made a matter of complaint : It is... | |
 | John Brown - 1810 - 722 sider
...most effectual means of making one rich : " There it that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and theVe is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Reflecting upon my own external conduct, I lament that I lia\ e been so deficient in effectual fervent... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 sider
...shilling again, with very considerable interest; and thus also the fulfilment of the word took place, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there...that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to penury," Prov. xi. 24. One providence I had almost forgot. We were at that time very badly off for... | |
 | 1828 - 500 sider
...be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." (Prov. iii. 9, 10.) Again, " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." (Pros. xi. 24.) Encourage then a liberal spirit ; be ready to communicate. " God loveth a cheerful... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 732 sider
...usury ; for " there is that scatters and yet increases," both his own stock and the stock of many ; and " there is that withholdeth ' •more than is meet, and it tendeth to .penury," as in the slothful servant, with one talent of gold. This divine man had two sons, one by... | |
 | 1816
...excesses which prevail where the gospel does not restrain men, would grind you to tiie dust. There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty ; and in no case is this proverb more strikingly verified than in those parsimonious calculations,... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 sider
...kind, even to a cup of cold water, shall be rewarded. We have often seen verified, Prov. xi. 24, " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 4. It includes a performance of every duty. The duties enjoined are either more directly to God, ourselves,... | |
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