 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 էջ
...recorded in the book of Proverbs, to have been the wish and choice of one who was eminent for wisdom. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain *. FROM the whole view which we have now taken of the subject,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 342 էջ
...it, is recorded in holy writ. ' Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die, Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither...convenient for me: lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Whp is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.' F 3 I shall fill... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 474 էջ
...prayer to God; ReVOL, I, P SERMON move far from me vanity and lies. Give mi VIII. . . neither poverty nor riches. Feed me 'with food convenient for me....and say, Who is the Lord % Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain *. He whose wishes, respecting the possessions of this world,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 488 էջ
...wherefore, Better is a little with right, than great revenues without equity. Give me not poverty, nor riches : feed me with food convenient for me,...and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of God in vain. Pr. i. 19. xxiii. 6. xxi. 26. xxiii. 4. xi. 24. xxviii. 8.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 էջ
...wherefore, Setter is a little with right, than great revenues without equity. Give me not poverty, nor riches : feed me with food convenient for me,...and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of God in vain. Pr. i. 19. xxiii. 6. xxi. 26. xxiii. 4. xi. 24. xxviii. 8.... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 էջ
...than I hat of Agur : " Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty ;ior riches ; iced me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full, and...and say. Who is the .Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Prov. xxx.8, 9. Readfer, are you in the flower of life... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 էջ
...Agur prayed, " Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient : Jest I be full, and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Perhaps the middle ranks of society are the least exposed;... | |
 | Samuel Fothergill - 1808 - 230 էջ
...high, on the account of riches, or honours, in the efteem or applaufe of men ; " Remove, therefore, far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; but feed me," I pray thee, " with food convenient for * i Theff. v. 17. t Matt. iii. 8. me, left... | |
 | Thomas Beck - 1809 - 226 էջ
...Agnr's Prayer. AGUR'S PHAYEK. Two things hare I required of thee ; cL'ny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed mo with food convenient for me, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, " Who is the Lord f" .or lest... | |
 | George Buist - 1809 - 422 էջ
...in an arm of flesh. The reason given by Agur, in the Book of Proverbs, for not asking riches, was " lest I be " full, and deny thee, and say who is the " Lord ?" This disposition of mind, however, is very inconsistent with the present condition of human nature.... | |
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I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 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. 
