 | William Thomas Bree - 1821 - 414 pages
...thing : ] Not to make known all the reasons of His providence, or of His decrees and judgments. 9. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another .-] If there be a difference between thy neighbour and thec, take him aside, and in a friendly manner... | |
 | 1822 - 746 pages
...written by one of the Puritanical divines. A NEW-YEAR'S GIFT FOR YOUNG PERSONS, ON JAN. 1, 1/03. " A word- fitly spoken is like apples of gold, in pictures of silver." — Prov. XXV. 11. THERE is not a day or an hour, not a week or a month, much less a year... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...sweet to my taste." Again : " Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love." " A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." Now, when it is known that trees of the citrus family flourished in Judaea several centuries... | |
 | 1823 - 622 pages
...irreligious? We know not of what advantage our family labours may be to them, attended with a divine blessing. 'A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.' (3.) This important duty extends to our servants. While they are our servants, as stewards... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...scorner, getteth to himself shame, &c. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee. — Prov. ix. 7, 8. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, and discover not a secret to another, &c. As an earring of gold, &c. so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. — Prov. xxv. 9. 12. THE... | |
 | Clergyman - Clergy - 1824 - 466 pages
...the circumstances of time, of place, of person, of disposition ; for, as the wisest of men tells us, a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver n. These and many other things the teacher is deeply concerned to be well versed in ; and what... | |
 | John Wade - Church - 1824 - 258 pages
...slanderers themselves— Donnrion. He conquers twice, who conquers himself in victory— Publius Syms. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. — Solomon. He is well constituted who grieves not for what he has not, and rejoices for what... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...spareth his rod, hateth his son : but he that loveth him, chasteneth him betimes. — Prov. xiii. 24. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, and discover not a secret 360 3G1 to another (or the secret of another) . — Prov. xxv. 9. Open rebuke is better than secret... | |
 | Christian life - 1875 - 350 pages
...sacred duty of speaking " a word in season." Hear the Preacher's estimate of such efforts to do good : " A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." "The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies."... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...which shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities, Peal. cxli. 5. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover...put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away, Prov. xxv. 9, 10. cThe fruit of the righteous is a tree of life ; and he that winneth souls is wise,... | |
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 
