| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...inviolable. righteous shall see it and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. Pr. 18. 22. Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord. I Cor. 7. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman... | |
| Samuel Dickinson Burchard - Gift books - 1845 - 442 pages
...honor, down to posterity, by linking their destiny with an amiable, intelligent, and virtuous woman. " Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." 12 OUR WORLD IS FULL OF JOY BY WM. OLAND BOURNE. There •are who say this world is drear, With many... | |
| John Leland - 1845 - 760 pages
...his judgment, as is common in such cases, it is likely he might have obtained a wife ; and he that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord. So said a wiser man than Sir Isaac. By this, we should think that the hypocrite is better than the... | |
| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1847 - 564 pages
...rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Pr. 18 : 22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD. Ep. 5 : 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife,... | |
| Charles Bridges - Bible - 1847 - 574 pages
...into thine own keeping, under thine own discipline, as instruments for thy service and glory. •22. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of UM Lord." This is obviously to be taken with limitation. Manoah found a good thing in his wife.4•... | |
| Christian literature, American - 1850 - 364 pages
..." No mere mercenary arguments can be right ; and no argument at all can prove that doctrine good. ' Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord.' Surely," added Mr. Murray, " a wife is a blessing which none can more sister was silting, with the... | |
| Lorenzo Dow - Methodist women - 1850 - 636 pages
...emblem of that union which subsists between Christ aad his Church, Epk. v. 32. Solomon saith, " Who=o findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord,:' — Pro», viii. 22. Again, " a prudent wife is from the Lord." — Pro», xix. 14. ; I therefore conclude... | |
| Thomas Laurie - Assyrian Church of the East members - 1853 - 446 pages
...the field, while the survivor of the stronger sex is unable to resume his labors. It is written, " Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." This was so eminently true in the case of Dr. Grant, as to justify a somewhat detailed account of the... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 594 pages
...though he never has, and never will, forgive our laughter." CHOICE TEXTS. — A text for bachelors — " Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." A text for aristocrats — " The rich and poor meet together ; the Lord is maker of them all." " He... | |
| David Shepley - Congregational churches - 1854 - 372 pages
...way, but the Lord directeth his steps." A man is very much influenced by his domestic relations. " Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." And Mr. Peet was blessed in his ma/rriage. Circumstances render an expansion of statement, on this... | |
| |