 | Theology - 1912 - 718 pages
...traceable in the prophets who studied the field and in numbers of proverbs culled from trade, such as "a false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight" (Prov. n :i; 16:11; 3:27, 29, 31; 10:4; 11:3,4,5; 22:1, 7, 22 f.). A trade like that of Solomon's with... | |
 | William Jay Gaynor - New York (N.Y.) - 1913 - 330 pages
...It runs through all history, ancient and modern. Much of it is in the Old Testament. For instance, " A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is his delight," as we read in Proverbs. One of the first duties of government from the beginning of organized society... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - English language - 1913 - 408 pages
...kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. To err is human; to forgive, divine. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is His delight. The mountains give their lost children berries and water; the sea mocks their thirst and lets them... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - Bible - 1914 - 570 pages
...The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: But the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: But a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame : But with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall... | |
 | Gerhard Richard Lomer, Margaret Ashmun - English language - 1914 - 360 pages
...honor are at stake. 6. A balanced sentence is emphatic, (a) To err is human; to forgive, divine. (6) A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is his delight. 7. Repetition may occasionally be used for emphasis. There is so much in such a hope that by it we... | |
 | Newton Marshall Hall - Bible stories, English - 1922 - 270 pages
...that sent him. The fear" of the Lord prolongeth days: But the years of the wicked shall be shortened. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: But a just weight is his delight. There is that scattcreth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet,... | |
 | Holly Estil Cunningham - Logic - 1924 - 456 pages
...in his political views, so that he must be a socialist ; (e) Are these statements logically related? "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord ; but a just weight is his delight." 17. What is the difference between the ordinary class proposition and the relational proposition? Write... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson - Methodist Church - 1924 - 260 pages
...of remembrance.' The shop, again, may seem aloof from anything sacred, but it also is a sanctuary. ' A false balance is an abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is His delight ' (Prov. xi. 1) ' His delight ! ' Think of that ! Not in the magnificent mechanism of the heavens or... | |
 | Paul Harold Heisey - Lutheran Church - 1926 - 244 pages
...passages are the following less suitable selections : "He that winneth a soul is wise." (Prov. 11 :30) ; "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is his delight." (Prov. 11:1) ; "Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with the precious blood... | |
 | James Baikie - Jews - 1927 - 128 pages
...a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have." And the Wise King said : " A false balance is an abomination to the Lord ; but a just weight is his delight." But not all the warnings of lawgiver or king could rid the merchant of Palestine from the ingrained... | |
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A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: But a just weight is his delight. 
