| Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty : open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. — Proverbs xx. 4, 13. The desire of the slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour. He... | |
| 1835 - 1176 pages
...12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 13. Love not sleep, { 7L Q yi /z S T i t N Zw W | > q {^<z ^| |b 1 4. // is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when lie is gone his way, then he boasteth. 1... | |
| Seth Williston - 1836 - 664 pages
...appear to him a matter of indifference whether he rise early or late in the morning. " Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread." This proverb is manifestly designed to encourage early rising ; and this practice is no less important... | |
| John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...thy poverty ' come as one that travelleth', and thy want ' as an armed man', xx. 13, Love not sleep/, lest thou come to poverty': open thine eyes', and thou shalt be satisfied with bread'. xxiii. 21, Drowsiness' shall clothe a man with rags''. 1 Thes. v. 6, There fore let us not sleep* as... | |
| 1840 - 322 pages
...child1" is known by his doings', whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty'; open thine eyes', and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught', saith the buyer', but when he has gone his way' then he boasteth. Bread of deceit... | |
| 1840 - 638 pages
...how. are we to get this bread ? 'lake another proverb, and that will tell thee : " Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread," (Pr.,v. xx. 13). This cannot be taken literally, for loving sleep will not bring a rich man to poverty,... | |
| Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 pages
...by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. —13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.—XXI., 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...plow, by reason of the cold : therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing, &c. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty : open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. — Prov. xx. 4. 13. He that loveth pleasure (or sport) shall be a poor man, &c. The desire of the... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...sees all things, and rules for good or evil, even the conduct of little children. " Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes and thou shalt be satisfied with bread." That is to say, open them early. Be an early riser, instead of a late sleeper. This is a great point... | |
| George Berkeley - 1843 - 470 pages
...by cleanly people, and yet wanting necessaries ; the same * E. g. Newport Pagnel in Buckinghamshire. spirit of industry that keeps folk clean, being sufficient...surest way to shun the miseries that must otherwise befall them. An early habit, whether of sloth or diligence, will not fail to show itself throughout... | |
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