I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. The Atlantic Monthly - Page 1481914Full view - About this book
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...work. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; 31 one that trusteth 32 Then 1 saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little... | |
| John McDowell - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 560 pages
...10, 11. 1 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding: And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down : yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty... | |
| John S Skinner - 1825 - 436 pages
...wise man—"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lo it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." Howtrue is the picture which Solomcn here gives of what daily falls under our own observation. How... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...xxii. 19. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then 1 saw, ana considered if well ; I looked upon ir, «mí received instruction. Yet a little sleep,... | |
| Thomas Halyburton - 1825 - 392 pages
..." I went by 'the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man 140 void of understanding ; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof. And the stone-wall thereof was broken down." On this account, my corruption took vent several ways: 1. In vain... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 564 pages
...Iv.ienl by the field of the slothful, says Solomon, and by the vineyard of Ihe man void of understanding, and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; and nettles had covered the face thereof ; and the stone-wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it, and received... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...it was all grown ' 2 Sam. xxiii, 6. » Ecd. x, 8 " Doubdan Vuy. p. 154, 153 ; and Rauwolf, p. 236. over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."0 The land of promise has been from the earliest ages an unenclosed country, with a few spots... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 508 pages
...applied—« I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had . covered the face thereof." The obvions and undeniable fact is, that man was made for action, and not indolence. ~ SCIENTIFIC VISIONS.... | |
| Theology - 1825 - 398 pages
...wretchedly conducted. Many a field was scarcely tilled at all, but was grown over to thorns, and nettles covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Some servants mingled tares with the good seed, and some sowed little besides tares.— At first indeed,... | |
| Charles Wellbeloved - Devotional exercises - 1826 - 278 pages
...MORNING. " I WENT by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man wanting understanding, and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well; I looked upon it and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a... | |
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