 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 173af 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 - 498 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 - 730 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 - 304 sider
...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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