 | John Eadie - 1857 - 860 pages
...17. Better la a dinner of herbs where love Is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Prm. xvll, 1. ot. Blessed is the mm that heareth me, watching dally at my gates, waiting at the posts of my Mlcalt vl. 14. Thon shall eat, but not be satisfied. . . • . Matth. vl, 11. Give Us this day onr... | |
 | John Eadie - 1857 - 858 pages
...17. Better Is a dinner of herbs where love Is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Prov. xvll, 1. , O king Agrlppa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. For Itseemeth to lllcali vl, 14. Thon ahalt eat, but not be satisfied. . . • . ifatt/i. vl, 11. Give us this day our... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1857 - 176 pages
...corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house;" (Prov. xxi. 9;) and again : " Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife." (Prov. xvii. 1 .) With these compare the two proverbs, a Latin and Spanish, adduced below.* The Psalmist... | |
 | John Eadie - 1857 - 870 pages
...a dinner of herbs wbere l»v« Is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Prm. xvli, 1. Better it ingdom of God la come upon you. NAIL 8. Dent, xxl, 12. Then thon Shalt witii strife. Jtlcafi -. i 14. Thon shalt eat, but not be satisfied. . . • . Vattli. vl, 11. Give... | |
 | 1858 - 474 pages
...worthy to ask, but through the mediation of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PROPHECIES. PROVERBS. BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.... | |
 | William Arnot - 1858 - 500 pages
...stalled ox and hatred therewith. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house."— XT. 16, 17, 27. " Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of saeriBoes with strife." — xvii. 1. THESE are blessed words in a world of strife. They are welcome... | |
 | Israel Joseph Benjamin - 1859 - 698 pages
...not so profitable as when the Arabs were in power. To this I replied, quoting the words of Salomon, that ,,Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices and strife,"1 and that it was therefore better to live under the orderly civilised Government of the... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1860 - 542 pages
...house. Pro. 16.8. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. Pro. 17.1. l * Pro. 18.11. The rich man's wealth it hi , strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Pro.... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1861 - 410 pages
...commences with a proverb much the same as others that have been already under our notice : * — " Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife." The word "sacrifices" has reference to the practice of feasting on the flesh of the slain victims,... | |
 | William Arnot - 1861 - 424 pages
...ox and hatred therewith. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house." — xv. 16, 17, 27. " Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife." — xvii. 1. THESE axe blessed words in a world of strife. They are welcome as a well of water springing... | |
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. 
