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" Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. "
The Standard Third Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing ... - Page 71
by Epes Sargent - 1857 - 216 pages
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge...that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 1 wisdom dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge of witty inventions. The fear of the Lord is to...
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The glory of the two crown'd heads, Adam and Christ, unveiled; or, The ...

David Culy - 1800 - 270 pages
...Jesus Christ, Col. ii. 3, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Prov. viii. 14; Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom : I am understanding ; I have strength, saith Jesus Christ. Now, tenor of their minds with the means of its manifestation. The universal experience...
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The Proper Names of the Bible, New Testament, and Apocrypha ... to which is ...

John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pages
...the law of thy mother. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and ft'e them about thy ««c^. ' . Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge...that may be desired, are not to be compared to it. I, wisdom, dwell with prudence; and find out knowledge of witty inventions. The fear of the Lord is...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understand eth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver ; and knowledge rather than choice gold. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good. For wisdom...
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The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation, Or, The Duty of Sinners to Believe in ...

Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 pages
...heart. Hear, for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of mij lips shall be of right things. Receive my instruction, and not silver ; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Hearken unt» •me, 0 ye children : for blessed are they that keep my 1 1 ways. Hear instruction,...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate, all sinful firac14 ticen, slander, and detraction. Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom ; I [am] understanding ; I have strength ; / «hoto men what is fit to be done, and insftire them with courage to do it. \S 16 By me kings reign,...
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Sermons on the Dignity of Man: And the Value of the Objects ..., Volume 1

Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1807 - 462 pages
...scaffoldings and implements that are necessary to its construction. Wisdom says the wise king in our text, wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Wisdom, in this passage, is not barely that which men usually call understanding, knowledge, erudition,...
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...in them. 9 They art all plain to him that understandeth, and right to t'aem that fmd knowledge. 10 ^ Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 1 1 For wisdom is better than rubies ; and all th6 things that may be desired are not to be compared...
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and ..., Volume 3

Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...city, and earnestly solicits all passengers, to give car unto her for their own salvation. Vllf. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Make no comparison of my instruction with silver and gold : alas, these are base and corruptible metals,...
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Paraphrases on hard texts

Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...city, and earnestly solicits all passengers, to give car unto her for their own salvation. • VIII. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. ' Make no comparison of my instruction with silver and gold : alas, these are base and corruptible...
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