 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 sidor
...brethren (and so we are all at least by nature) to live together in unity. How that (as Solomon saith) better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. How delicious that conversation is, which is accompanied with mutual confidence, freedom, courtesy,... | |
 | Benjamin Johnson (of Newark) - 1839 - 118 sidor
...art my only trust ; And still my soul would cleave to thee, Though prostrate in the dust. 27th. — Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith. Prov. xv. 16. Ps. xxxvii. 16. Controlling all, by none controll'd — Thine arm is ever strong ; All... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 sidor
...All the days of the afflicted are evil : but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 16 h thly city Jerusalem, are 17 'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. U Or, Itutruclion.... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1839 - 338 sidor
...eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep," Eccles. v. 12.—" Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith," Prov. xv. 16. Let me then ask you, as I have asked others, if you were called upon at the hour of midnight,... | |
 | Mary Jane Sheild - 1839 - 212 sidor
...every wish and idea were bounded to their circumstances ; and she herself knew by experience, that " better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith." The newly married pair went quietly home to their pretty rectory, situated in one of the finest districts... | |
 | 1839 - 966 sidor
...oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat." And the substantive occurs thus in Prov. xvii. 1. " Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices (evidently meats, — the luxury of animal food) with strife." (2.) The passover is called |21p, Corban,... | |
 | James Wilson - 1840 - 500 sidor
...our fly leaf, forms the basis or but-end of the present publication. hoarded heaps, know not that " Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith," — or wasting themselves and substance in riot and intemperance, forget how far sweeter is " a dinner... | |
 | Robert Adair - 1840 - 328 sidor
...which is not ? For riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away. Prov. xxiii. 4. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith. Prov. xv. 16. CONCLUSION. IN bringing this memoir to a conclusion, it would be very appropriate to... | |
 | General society for promoting district visiting - 1840 - 398 sidor
...want,' ' the Lord will provide,' ' the righteous shall not be forsaken, nor his seed beg their bread.' ' Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of good cheer with strife.' ' The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much.' '... | |
 | Alfred Clarkson - 1840 - 226 sidor
...is it to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud;" yea, that "better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifice, with strife." But again. " Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a... | |
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Better is little with the fear of the Lord Than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 
