 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 pages
...penury in the parish workhouse. " See," said my uncle, " how selfishness defeats its own ends. ' There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.' Those who might secure general respect and gratitude as benefactors of their race, often expose themselves... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 pages
...to the poor," fays the wife man, " mall not lack." " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Suppofe, however, that it mould not feem good to the Almighty to reward your beneficence with worldly... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to him that giveth gifts. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrdwer is servant to the lender. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...ourselves, so far as we have need, and ready distribution unto the necessities of others, Prov. xi. 24, 25. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. And...more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul •hall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered himself. 8. By seeking our... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 pages
...to be kind ; and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty :" " There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1810 - 572 pages
...tends not to our profit, but to our loss. The words of wise Solomon are applicable here, Prov. xi. 2 i. "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.'1 7. To the grosser kinds of theft we must refer particularly "robbery," by which wicked men... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 416 pages
...the increase of our true riches. God is not unrighteous to forget our works . of piety and love. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 3. The cost to which tine religion subjects us is too small to be... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 pages
...also bountifully." Wisdom's words are verified, the liberal are blessed, and the miser is starved ; " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." However, don't cut too close; nor act at your clipping feast like churlish Nabal, who kept a feast... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...shilling again, with very considerable interest; and thus also the fulfilment of the word took place, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to penury," Prov. xi. 24. One providence I had almost forgot. We were at that... | |
 | Missions - 1803 - 652 pages
...of other families, not so minded, have melted away. "There is that scattereth and yet inereaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet; but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made tat ; and he that watered), shall be Watered also himself." Brethren, the... | |
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 
