 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 698 pages
...highest terms : — " 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 pure gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1834 - 496 pages
...Happy, thrice happy the youth that findeth wisdom, while he ia yet sheltered by the parental roof; for "the merchandise of it is better than the 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... | |
 | Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton - 1834 - 114 pages
...up mire and dirt. " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man thatgetteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof, than fine gold ; it is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 330 pages
...make it his own. " 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. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
 | Gregory Townsend Bedell - 1834 - 140 pages
...embraced, is more rich than rubies, and infinitely more valuable than diamonds of the purest water ; " the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." " Length of days is in her right... | |
 | 1834 - 400 pages
...Happy, thrice happy the youth that findeth wisdom, while he is yet sheltered by the parental roof; for "the merchandise of it is better than the 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
...wisdom of God. " Happy then 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. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1834 - 528 pages
...enriching myself and all around me with a present possession and interest in these heavenly blessings. PART X. 73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me :. give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. IN the vast universe of wonders, man is the greatest wonder — ' the... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...quite so happy as we expected, we have, I trust, been taught, also, something of the wisdom " which is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." This is, indeed, " more precious than rubies," nor are all the things we can desire to be H compared... | |
| |
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. 
