 How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man.  A biographical history of English literature - Sida 485efter John Daniel Morell - 1885Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1611 - 360 sidor
...fowler. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which havingno guide, overseer,or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep,a little slumber, a little foldingof the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 sidor
...vi. 6. Go to the Ant thou Sluggard, confider her Ways, and be wife : which having no Guide, OverJeer or Ruler, provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the HarveJl. So to convince the People of IJ'rael of Ingratitude and Inconfideration, God brings in the... | |
 | David Morrice - 1801 - 328 sidor
...the instance of the ant : Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says that wisest of kings and moral writers), consider her ways, and be wise, which having no guide,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I may also further observe to you, that if you lavish what you have to spare, you rob the poor, and... | |
 | 1877 - 594 sidor
...Palestine was one cannot definitely say ; the oft-quoted passage in the Bible, ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ' ways and be wise ; which,...the summer, and gathereth her 'food in the harvest' (Prov. vi. 6-8 ; see also xxx. 25), has been generally supposed to imply that the Jews held that the... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 sidor
...dream that all is safe and well with them. Paul, like a faithful watchman, cries out to such AWAKE : " how long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?" What do they answer ? " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.".... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sidor
...biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. On Industry and Sloth. Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little sfumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 sidor
.... Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse /?/>.? put far from thee. Go to the «»/, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : Which,...provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her focd in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 sidor
...i Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard ; confider her Ways, and be wife ; which having no Guide, Overfeer, or Ruler, provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harveft. n Eph. 4. 28. o Exod. 20. <j. p Rom. i2. io• in <3 ^ Eeclef. n. 6. ' x Thcff. 3. u, n, i0.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 sidor
...Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, er ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs, chap. vith. One more quotation and I have done.... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 388 sidor
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands, to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Such is the consequence of a slothful, delaying spirit,... | |
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