 | John Gregory Pike - 1830 - 380 sider
...be severed off, that piece of cloth, destined to be your shroud." The admonition of the Lord is, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth :" Prov. xxvii. 1 . \Vhat is there so firm in youth, in health, or strength, that on... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 sider
...unanswerable often is the end of a thing to the beginning of it, that prudence as well as Scripture, seems to say, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may brine forth." But we are not only taught that we may sail in a calm, and meet with a storm ; —... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 sider
...As no man reasonably can be elevated with confidence in a good state, presuming on its duration, (' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth;') so no man should be dejected for a bad one, in suspicion that it will abide long... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 sider
...can infallibly tell that his life shall be continued here, even for another day, or another night. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) This night thy soul may be required. (Luke xii. 20.) There are thousands... | |
 | 1831 - 624 sider
...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1 792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,... | |
 | 1831 - 670 sider
...are not to do evil that good may come. As to your future intentions, as a minister of the Gospel, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." And if you be a parent, or a husband, is it not written, " Leave thy fatherless children,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 sider
...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what' a day may bring forth1 — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1832 - 222 sider
...faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Rev. xiv. 13. Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Rev. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1832 - 556 sider
...not then in youth ; it must soon turn to age. Rely not on strength ; it must soon end in weakness. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Prov. 27. 1.) Take no pride in thy wisdom or ability ; these shall go down quickly... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 sider
...steps. G If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 7 Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. We know not what shall be on the morrow. ' Great men are not always wise, neither... | |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
