 | John Mackinnon Robertson - Christianity and other religions - 1900 - 518 pages
...is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and use profanely the name of my God. Again we have : — Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away [from the law] . Ecclus. xxvii. 1. As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones, so doth... | |
 | Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - Bibles - 1998 - 1828 pages
...and one that returneth from righteousness to sin ; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword. 29 = M CHAPTER 27 ANY have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes... | |
 | David W. Jones - Business & Economics - 2004 - 184 pages
...hardly keep himself from doing wrong, and a huckster shall not be freed from sin; many have sinned from a small matter, and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away." Simons, The Complete Works of Menno Simons, 368-9. Later in this same tract Menno grouped merchants... | |
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As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling. 
