 | 1832 - 618 pages
...our eyes, it is, that we gain an " understanding, the merchandise of which," as Solomon assures us, " is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than of fine gold." — Having found out how far the wisdom of an Eternal and Infinite Being has surpassed... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 708 pages
...the excellence of wisdom in the highest terms : — " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding : For the merchandise...the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than pure gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 698 pages
...the excellence of wisdom in the highest terms : — " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding : For the merchandise...the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than pure gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...fear of evil. ^f15 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 16 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 17 She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 pages
...Scriptures the true riches; who traffic for the spiritual gains of celestial wisdom ; for surely " the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold," Prov. iii. 14. TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.— EVENING PRAYER. JOB. PART X. " 73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned... | |
 | 1833 - 896 pages
...to his soul which raises him above himself. This is no cunningly devised fable, but its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. I might go on exhihiting many other effects of this sanctifying principle, but I know scarcely of any... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1833 - 794 pages
...thing," Prov. iv. 7. It is better than riches, Prov. iii. 13, " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom ; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver." If the mountains were pearl, if every sand of the sea was a diamond, they were not comparable to wisdom.... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1833 - 404 pages
...,on no earthly promise, but on His word who hath said, " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, — for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver. — She is more precious than rubies."* — -" Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness,... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 330 pages
...happy is he •who even resigns all to make it his own. " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise...merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1834 - 536 pages
...sea." Christianity displays the wisdom of God. " Happy then is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise...merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
