| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 608 sider
...they are paid doubly for it : Prov. xi. 24, 25. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat ; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." And Prov.... | |
| John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 sider
...have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. There is (hat scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great... | |
| 1853 - 1142 sider
...have ; not forgetting another inspired declaration : " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES. We are much mistaken, if there is not a tendency in our times, even... | |
| 1832 - 606 sider
...blessings which you benevolently devised for others!" — "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." 4. The course here recommended to the Christian, is the direct way to the enjoyment of the richest... | |
| William Cogswell - 1833 - 368 sider
...but sometimes with temporal blessings. Says Solomon, " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be-watered also himself." " Liberality... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1833 - 242 sider
...lendeth, and disperseth abroad." Psalm cxii. 5, 9. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty ; the liberal soul shall be At." Prov. xi. 24, 25. "The bountiful eye shall be blessed." Prov. xxii.... | |
| Frederick William Hotchkiss - 1833 - 44 sider
...willing heart, and show this oft experienced truth, "there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. He that watereth shall be watered also himself.'1'' The closing scenes of my ministry remind my audience,... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 sider
...nothing : but righteousness delivereth from death. ^f 18 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 19 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. 20 A faithful... | |
| 1833 - 588 sider
...to the hungry soul, sweet is every bitter thing." " There is, that ecattereth, and yet increaseth ; And there is, that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." — Prov. 11 : 24. Any one may, by turning to the book of Proverbs, observe very many instances of... | |
| American education society - 1833 - 406 sider
...has been declared by the pen of inspiration, that "there is that scattereth and yet in • creaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet but it tendeth to poverty." This will hold good in spiritual things. When our charity is called For, the bestowment of it, if unaccompanied... | |
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