| Edward Crook - 1836 - 282 pages
...sinners, nor my life with bloody men. (Psalm xxvi. 8.) But let me be content in thy way, O Lord, for a little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (Psalm xxxvii. 16.) For surely thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, O thou mo?t holy, whose mind is... | |
| William Samways Oke - 1836 - 200 pages
...name we love, And strive his paths to run, This world a Heav'n indeed shall proveEternal bliss begun. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked. — Psalm xxxvii. v. 16. SAY, what is wealth and all its joys, To Heav'n's immense, immortal prize... | |
| Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1836 - 418 pages
...no one is ignorant; though few lay it to heart, and consider them as set forth for an example. 16. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked. 17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. A little, with... | |
| Thomas Dick - Avarice - 1836 - 328 pages
...new wine. Better is a little with the fear of 26* the Lord than great riches and trouble therewith. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. I have been young, (says the Psalmist,) and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,... | |
| William Giles - Marriage - 1836 - 172 pages
...dishonesty and guile. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.—A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. Worldly men are, indeed, struggling with each other for wealth ; and are determined to procure it,... | |
| William Samways Oke - 1836 - 200 pages
...name we love, And strive his paths to run, This world a Heav'n indeed shall proveEternal bliss begun. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked.—Psalm xxxvii. v. 16. SAY, what is wealth and all its joys, To Heav'n's immense, immortal... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 676 pages
...black-lead pencil, she had marked the sixteenth and twenty-fifth verses of the thirty-seventh Psalm, — " A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of the wicked." — " I have been young and am now old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor... | |
| Martin Luther - History - 1837 - 408 pages
...upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. The LORD knoweth the days... | |
| John Barclay - 1837 - 444 pages
...oftentimes obscurely, and to man's judgment weakly, yea foolishly. In spiritual, as in temporal things, "a little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked ;" for, in this respect, it is most true, that "the blessing of the Lord" is that which "maketh rich." So,... | |
| 1837 - 556 pages
...upright conversation, 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 18 The LORD knoweth... | |
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