 | Free Church of Scotland - 1860 - 488 pages
...Prov. iv. 3. For I was my father's son, tender and only boloved in the sight of my mother. Ver. 4. He taught me also, and said unto me. Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Prov. xxiii. 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and deo spise not thy mother when she is... | |
 | 1850 - 452 pages
...intense affection, the epithets only and beloved came to be used interchangeably. Thus Prov. 4.3, 'For I was my father's son, tender and only (beloved) in the sight of my mother;' where the original Heb. "•prp only is also rendered by the Sept. ayaiTMiuvos beloved. The term povoyews... | |
 | William Sherlock - Providence and government of God - 1851 - 368 pages
...advance a prince to great riches and honour, as Solomon tells us his father David instructed him : " He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words, keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding : forget her not : neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - Catechisms, English - 1851 - 488 pages
...Prov. iv. 3. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Ver. 4. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart...retain my words : keep my commandments, and live. Prov. xxiii. 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...home circle, " Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding; for I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my •mother. HE TAUGHT xi ALSO." He did not throw off the responsibility from himself to my mother, but was willing to share... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1851 - 488 pages
...that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Prov. iv. 3. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Ver. 4. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my •words: keep my commandments,... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - American literature - 1851 - 504 pages
...suspicion. Its possession is a stamp of honesty, and a passport to reputation and usefulness. Wisdom is the principal thing: " Therefore, get wisdom ; and with all thy gettings, get understanding." Exalt her; and she shall promote thee. In her hands are riches, and honour, and life. But if she be... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 372 pages
...suspicion. Its possession is a stamp of honesty, and a passport to reputation and usefulness. Wisdom is the principal thing : " Therefore, get wisdom ; and with all thy gettings, get understanding." Exalt her ; and she shall promote thee. In her hands are riches, and honour, and life. But if she be... | |
 | John Miller - Ethics - 1922 - 164 pages
...i : 2, 3), and yet commentators declare, No ; it is the Redeemer ; that he should say, " Wisdom is the principal thing : therefore get wisdom : and with all thy gettings get understanding" (Prov. iv : 7), and yet trusted scholars declare, Wisdom is a Divine Hypostasis (Glassius, Calovius,... | |
 | John Martin Thomas, Abraham Howry Espenshade - 1925 - 316 pages
...father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the...heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live. Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her... | |
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For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, "Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 
