 | 1806 - 504 pages
...some few things which seem to me necessary, 1 am sure you will find very useful and conducive to it. ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds,' was the advice of the wisest man and the richest king, and for a very good reason which he gives, '... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...when she is old. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest, yea heshall.give delight ufctothy soul. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Commit thy works unto... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...chiding add rebukes, and blow», yet they will have no good effect nfion euch an 23 obstinate creature. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look -well to thy herds. Лп admirable rule, not only for husbandmen, but for all matter* and mistresses : they »hould 24... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...will be puffed up with it ; if he be wise and solid, he will be no whit moved therewith. XXVII. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look •well to thy herds. Be diligent, above all parts of husbandry, in that which concerns thy cattle, whether flocks or herds,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. q Prov. xxvii. from Verse 23. to the end. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Ver. 24. For riches are not for ever, — Keel. ii. 24. There is nothing better for a man, than that... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 460 pages
...carefully communicate, and that with all possible expedition; and he confirmed it by a certain clause. " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; for riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ?" He added, moreover,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...and right hands. What Solomon says of flocks, may we say concerning your souls, Prov. xxvii. 23. * Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.' However partial ye be, God will not be so to you ; so that your foolish partiality can do you no good,... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel q I'rov. x'xvii. from Verse 23. to the end. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Ver. 24 For riches are not forever, — Eccl. ii. 24 There is nothing better for a man, than tha- he... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...satisfied. 2 1 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold : so is a man to his praise. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth,... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...his glory. We should be more particularly on our guard against a spirit of " mean men."* " Be tliou diligent to know the " state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."f In every sense, God is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him : and this leads us to... | |
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 
