 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 486 pages
...doubt but God will superadd his blessing, and withhold it from the profane ; for his own words are, Them that honour me, I will honour : and they, that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed^. Nor must a further consideration ever be omitted, for it is a very important one ; that unless true... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 506 pages
...are usually themselves despised by their inferiors : for God hath told such in his message to Eli, " Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed"." Direct vi. 'The husband must be the principal teacher of the family.' He must instruct them, and examine... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...serveth him ':" and darest thou scorn God's jewels, and those that are thus precious to him ? " For them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed f." And wilt thou be one of his despisers, opposing that in others, for which God himself hath promised... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1899 - 336 pages
...ignorant and ungodly " through you." And you are not unacquainted with that standing decree of heaven, " Them that honour me I will honour ; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." Never did man dishonour God, but it proved the greatest dishonour to himself. God will find out ways... | |
 | William Penn - 1825 - 616 pages
...gawdy titles, requisite to express this honour. Thus God honours holy men : " They (says the Lord) that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed" :" that is, I will do good to them, 1 will love, bless, countenance, and prosper them that honour me,... | |
 | Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols - 1825 - 820 pages
...far from me [that thou shouldest any longer discharge before me the duties of the priesthood:] for them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.11 (1 Sam. ii, 30.) But he did not fall alone : All whose persons he at that time represented... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 588 pages
...house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : Hut now be it far from me ; for them that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Behold the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy house ; and I will raise me... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1184 pages
...wisdom, power, &c. he justifies us, strengthens us, and makes us wise : as he saith 1 Sam. ii. 30, " Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." For this is the sacrifice of praise by which (as he saith Psalm 1.) he is honoured, and which is the... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the LOR D saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 600 pages
...house of thy father should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, that be far from me ; for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.' Here is no alteration of counsel or purpose in God; but merely an explanation of the rule, law, and... | |
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I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 
