 | John Angell James - Children - 1827 - 186 pages
...Favour is .deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates."* A beautiful comment on this lovely passage is to be found in the " Friend," by Coleridge ; amongst... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : hut a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates."* A third respect in which God intended that woman should be " an help * Prov. ixxi. 10—31. Vol. TI.... | |
 | 1828 - 536 pages
...all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. — Solomon. No. 3. A VICIOUS WOMAN. ' the dead Were in her house— her guests in depths of hell."... | |
 | John Angell James - Domestic relations - 1828 - 294 pages
...is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." PROVERBS xxxi. This exquisite picture, combining as it docs industry, prudence, dignity, meekness,... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman that fcareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates. And SOLOMON, the wisest of men, willing to resume the delightful subject, thus exclaims in another... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates." — PROVERBS iixi. 10-81. " The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him." It... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Women - 1831 - 204 pages
...all. Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." Although the great diversity of customs, and the conciseness and boldness of the figures, render this... | |
 | Anna Maria Winter - Natural theology - 1831 - 486 pages
...merchants. " She looketh well to the ways of her household : and eateth not the bread of idleness. " Gire her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates." Since among the Jews such a vast scope was given to the duties of the mistress of a large establishment... | |
 | John Robert McDowall - Prostitution - 1832 - 118 pages
...all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.—Solomon. No. 3. A VICIOUS WOMAN. r the dead Were in her house—her guests in depths of hell."... | |
 | William Jay - Marriage - 1833 - 252 pages
...Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands : and let her own works praise her in the gate.' But a marriage that is not sinful, may be improper. The apostle himself distinguishes between... | |
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Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. 
