 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811
...with theej so that thou incline thine eat " unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understand* " ing : yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and " liftest...and searchest for her as for " hid treasures: then shall thou understand the feaf " of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God 5 for " the LORD giveth... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - Ethics - 1811 - 106 pages
...attained without diligence. Hear now the counsel which a wise father gave to his son, " If thou crifcst after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding...thou seekest her as. silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." Proverbs... | |
 | John Dick - Bible - 1811 - 287 pages
...truth and duty be the only objects of your inquiries ; and the issue will be such as we wish it. " If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures ; then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811
...and I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord."f ** If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding : If thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her, as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; and find... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1811
...as for hid treasures," we need not fear on account of any imagined incapacity; for God has said, " Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God; for the Lorrf giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."1] This encouraging truth... | |
 | Henry Venn - Christian life - 1811 - 452 pages
...emphatically expresses the need we must feel of that gift. " If thou criest after knowledge, and liftcst up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasure." Our Lord points out the same feeling as essential to prayer... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 508 pages
...unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding — thou shall then understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God : For the Lord giveth wisdom."* Moreover, the scriptures teach us that wisdom, considered as proposing and pursuing a good end by the... | |
 | Edward Williams - Calvinism - 1812 - 544 pages
...commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up...; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; andjind the knowledge of t*W. For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."*... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812
...Wisdom lies in the book of the Lord ; and see what course we should take to get at it, Prov. ii. 4, 5. * If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her...then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; and find the knowledge of God.' To read the scriptures just for reading's sake, without labouring to understand... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1813
...5. " If thou cries* after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding, if thou seekesl for her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid. treasures,...then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." It is by praying, crying, supplications, with diligence and perseverance,... | |
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He overthroweth the words of the transgressor. anb ||Y son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding ; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and... 
