 | Job Orton - 1801 - 374 pages
...evil, and do good." Solomon confirms this fentiment ; " In wifdom's right hand are length of days. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days, but the years of the wicked (hall be fhortened." God will reward early piety with long life, if he feeth that upon the whole it... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...delivers his menaage faithfully, performs his bvnncfs exactly, nor hastens 2? back again. The fear of_ the LORD prolongeth days : but the years of the wicked shall be shortened, n-iturally and judicial/!/. 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness ; stall be answered, and... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...'26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days : but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness : but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 'jy... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...sinner travail,, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to hint that is good before God. (»') The fear of the Lord prolongeth. days ; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (£) Treasures of wickedness profit nothing ; but righteousness delivereth from death. (/) The wicked... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 558 pages
...and keep his commandments, Exod. xx. 12. Deut. iv. 4O. 1 Kings iii. 14. and Solomon says expressly, The fear of the Lord prolongeth days ; but the years, of- the vncked shall be shortened, Prov. x. 27. and elsewhere he speaks of the ii-iclcd's dying before their... | |
 | William Sherlock - 1814 - 298 pages
...prolong them : that the wicked shall not live out half their days ; that the fear of the Lord firolongeth days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened, Prov. x. 2 7. Such promises and threatenings as these, must be struck out of the bible, should God let all men... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days : but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness : but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 29... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...a cause : yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction " fear of the Lord prolongeth days, but " the years of the wicked shall be short " ened." (y) A prayer of David's for deliverance whilst he was persecuted by Saul. (я) " Let,"... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...26 As vinegar to the te*th, and a* smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 27 le Society 28 The hope of the righteous shall 6a gladness : but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 29... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 480 pages
...our Master who is in heaven, and who will cast into hell the unprofitable servant. Ver. 27. The Jear of the Lord prolongeth days ; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Some sins have a natural tendency to shorten men's days ; others bring men to the gibbet. All provoke... | |
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The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 
