 | Robert Nelson - 1757 - 686 pages
...the Cuftom of the Jews, among whom it was a Maxim, That he who teacbetb not bis Son a Trade, teacbetb him to be a Thief \ defigning thereby not only to...their Circumftances made it neceflary to work at it. Q^ How did St. Paul bebave bim/elf before bis Converjion ? A. Being educated in the Principles of the... | |
 | Robert Nelson - 1815 - 564 pages
...Trade of 'Tent-making? A. According to the Custom of the Jews, among whom it was a Maxim, That he who teacheth not his Son a Trade, teacheth him to be a Thief; designing thereby not only to keep their Children from Idleness, but to secure them a Maintenance if... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1837 - 304 pages
...Jews to teach the rich as well as the poor some trade, (it being their standing maxim, ' That he who teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief,') he was instructed in the trade of a tent-maker. Never was the soundness of this custom more clearly... | |
 | 1849 - 46 pages
...of any kind, "to get our own living." Accordingly the Jews had every boy taught a trade, saying, "he that teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief." What trade had St. Paul been taught? " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour." "... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1860 - 340 pages
...the Jews, let them be ever so rich, to teach their sons a trade. They have a proverb that " he who teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief." I remember reading, long ago — I do not suppose I should now find the old-fashioned book anywhere... | |
 | Alexander Macleod Symington - 1861 - 398 pages
...he like ? he is like a vineyard that is fenced :" and it was an excellent maxim among the Jews, " He that teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief." * The father of Saul acted like a wise man in applying these rules to his son. Cilicia, the province... | |
 | John Cheap (fict.name.) - 1876 - 508 pages
...a livelihood if occasion required it ; it being a maxim (especially amongst the Jews,) that he who teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief ; for learning of old was not made an instrument to get a maintenance by, but for the better polishing... | |
 | 1877 - 492 pages
...a livelihood if occasion required it ; it being a maxim (especially amongst the Jews,) that he who teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him to be a thief ; for learning of old was not made an instrument to get a maintenance by, but for the better polishing... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1879 - 388 pages
...acquainted with, and even, if necessary, practise some handicraft. The well-known Hebrew saying, " He that teacheth not his son a trade teacheth him to be a thief," is a proof of this. In the case of these early teachers this occasional practice of an industry or... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1884 - 664 pages
...acquainted with, and even, if necessary, practise some handicraft. The well-known Hebrew saying, " He i. 21—23. sometime alienated and hath he reconciled t22' in is a proof of this. In the case of these early teachers, this occasional practice of an industry or... | |
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... brought up at the Feet of Gamaliel in the Study of the Law, in which he made very quick and large Improvements. 
