| Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 էջ
...to " the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be " wise ; which, having no guide, overseer, nor ruler, " provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth " her food in the harvest." " Be not slothful." Let every man " labour, working with his hands the " thing which is good, that... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 էջ
...instruction, and not silver : and knowledge rather than choice gold : for wisdom is better than rubies j and all the things that may be desired are not to...her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou I arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little... | |
| 1830 - 986 էջ
...unequalled fame in one branch of learning.^ Prov. vi. 6 — 8, compared with xxx. 25, " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." On the former of these... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 416 էջ
...reprehension ffc. come under (his head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, andT>e wise : — which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,...her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 608 էջ
...to lay up for winter ; but these things are man's duty ; as Prov. v\. C — 8. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ways, and be wise : which...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, andgathereth her food in the harvest." And chap. x. 5, &c. " He that galhereth in the Bummer is a wise... | |
| Edward Berens - 1831 - 96 էջ
...29. SERMON VII. YOUNG MEN EXHORTED TO FKUGALITY AND FORESIGHT. PROV. vi. 6, 7, 8. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. IT is of great importance to us all, that we should acquire the habit of carrying our view forward... | |
| 1831 - 858 էջ
...in a large Episcopal chapel, from that beautiful and instructive passage, — " Go to the ant, tliou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which having...meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.'7 The preacher, being a good divine but an indifferent naturalist, gave us several pretty... | |
| William Jay - 1833 - 518 էջ
...appointed course, and not reflect on your own numberless departures from duty ! " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise ; which...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gatliereth her food in the harvest." " Hear, О heavens, and give ear, О earth : for the Lord hath... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 էջ
...prudent foresight. Proverbs vi. 6 — 8. is a passage for a long discourse : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise. Which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest ;'' but a long discourse would be misplaced here. The same character of foresight is given to the ant,... | |
| 1832 - 378 էջ
...proposed as a lesson to the only rational free agent who occupies our globe: " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." (Prov. vi. 6.) Thus is man instructed by the faint emanation of instinctive OF REASON AND SC1UPTURE.... | |
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