| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fouls. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Better is ihe end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and fhe patient in spirit is better than the... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...that do as it were devour him. The olhcr extreme is excessive anxiety, for 6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit ; a. little vrith a contented mind and a comfortable enjoyment of it, is better than ever so much with... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...were devour him. The other extreme is excessive anxiety, for 6 Better [is] an handful [' v. ii !L i quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit ; o tittle with a content' ed mind and a comfortable enjoyment of it, is better than ever so much,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...affamisheth himself with wilful idleness; rather choosing to starve than labour ; IV. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. And is ready to say for himself; A little with case, is better than a great deal with toil and trouble.... | |
| Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...arises from others, so here he adverts to that which arises |rom ourselves. 6. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. This may be considered cither as Solomon's words, offering a seasonable remedy for the evils of envy, indolence,... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second... | |
| John Langhorne - 1815 - 304 pages
...XI. THE CONDITION OF POVERTY BETTER THAN THAT OF RICHES ABUSED. ECCLES. iv. 6. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. AMONG the numbers that disquiet themselves in vain, there are none farther from the road of happiness... | |
| 1819 - 948 pages
...of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his bauds together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better wa handful wifA things for purification, with such things 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second;... | |
| 1819 - 488 pages
...walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his way though he be rich11. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full, with travail and vexation of spirit1. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked ; for the Lord... | |
| W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith. (15 Pr. 16.) Better is an handful with quietness than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. (4 EC. 6.) 22. What was Agur's earnest desire and prayer? Remove far from me vanity and lies, give... | |
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