 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest...  Old Testament Gospel: Or, Tracts for the Jews - Page 70by Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1847 - 139 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 544 pages
...ii. 1—6. My sen, if tliou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments tvith thee; so that than incline thine ear unto -wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thott criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding-; ifthou seekesl her as silver,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...assurance that the inestimable treasure may be found * The Wisest of men will answer to our satisfaction : My son, if thou wilt receive my words ; and hide my commandments u'ith thee; so that than incline thy ear unto WISDOM, and apply thine heart to UNDERSTANDING: yea,... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 536 pages
...the children of Abraham did. When they hearken to their pious vet. ii. 40 fathers, saying, " My son, receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee...unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways :"* Then the heart of the children... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 408 pages
...with theej so that thou incline thine eat " unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understand* " ing : yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and " liftest...understanding ; if thou " seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for " hid treasures: then shall thou understand the feaf " of the LORD, and find... | |
 | Henry Venn - Christian life - 1811 - 464 pages
...emphatically expresses the need we must feel of that gift. " If thou criest after knowledge, and liftcst up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasure." Our Lord points out the same feeling as essential to prayer ; he describes it by asking,... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - Ethics - 1811 - 106 pages
...attained without diligence. Hear now the counsel which a wise father gave to his son, " If thou crifcst after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding : if thou seekest her as. silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 528 pages
...should be added. CCC£XXXyiII. THE WAY OF ATTAINIKG DIVINE KNOWLEDGE. Prov. ii. 1—6. My son, if than wilt receive my -words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that tfiou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou crjfst after... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 506 pages
...God, or implies it, and is essential to it. And in the knowledge of God true wisdom consists. " If thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding — thou shall then understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God : For the Lord giveth... | |
 | Edward Williams - Calvinism - 1812 - 582 pages
...recommend a progressive improvement in it. "My son, if thou * John xvii. 3. en. vn. Concluding Remarks. 529 wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with...understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; andjind... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 560 pages
...bending of the ear and mind tq what is spoken. Hence is that counsel of the wise man, Prov. ii. 1, 2. * My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my...unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding.' — People must take care that they be not wandering in their heart while the Lord's words sound before... | |
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