 | John Disney - Sermons, English - 1793 - 516 pages
...in us. SERMON SERMON XVI. A GENEROUS TEMPER CONGENIAL WITH NATURE AND REVELATION, PROVERBS XI. 24. THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH ; AND THERE IS THAT WITH-HOLDETH MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDETH TO POVERTY. How little the wifdom of Solomon is known to the wretched Haves of... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to him that giveth gifts. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrdwer is servant to the lender. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...ourselves, so far as we have need, and ready distribution unto the necessities of others, Prov. xi. 24, 25. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul •hall be made fat : and he that watereth shall... | |
 | James Dana - Sermons, American - 1806 - 518 pages
...waters, and it fhall return again after many days. " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and " there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it ** tendeth to poverty. Charge them that are rich in " this world, that they be not high-minded, nor truft " in uncertain riches,... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...just. It is the interest of your circumstances ; for there is. that scatter eth and yet increascth;, and there is. that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. It is the interest of your diversions ; for the wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, a dreadful... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 842 pages
...hearts, he has purses also, and can never want seamen: ' There is tlial scatters and yet increases ; and there is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Sir Rol>. Hoaurd. After Chatham business, the king hud n greater opportunity to impose than he has... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 416 pages
...the increase of our true riches. God is not unrighteous to forget our works . of piety and love. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 3. The cost to which tine religion subjects us is too small to be made a matter of complaint : It is... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1810 - 572 pages
...tends not to our profit, but to our loss. The words of wise Solomon are applicable here, Prov. xi. 2 i. "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.'1 7. To the grosser kinds of theft we must refer particularly "robbery,"... | |
 | John Brown - 1810 - 722 pages
...most effectual means of making one rich : " There it that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and theVe is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Reflecting upon my own external conduct, I lament that I lia\ e been so deficient in effectual fervent... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...shilling again, with very considerable interest; and thus also the fulfilment of the word took place, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there...that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to penury," Prov. xi. 24. One providence I had almost forgot. We were at that time very badly off for... | |
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 
