 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...of his eyes," but considereth not that for all these things God will bring him into judgment. Even " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Vanity of vanitiesf-saitk the preacher, vanity of vanities, ail is vanity. But the conclusion of the... | |
 | Thomas Balguy - 1817 - 366 pages
...fame was in all nations round about f," he was forced at last to come to this melancholy conclusion, That " in much wisdom is much " grief; and he that increaseth knowledge " increaseth sorrow." Different situations and circumstances expose men to different temptations. There is indeed scarce... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...with God and their personal feelings are just the reverse of enviable. In more respects than one, " in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." "If ye know these things, happy are ye if do them." Obedience, then, scriptural evangelical obedience... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 466 pages
...can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end, Eccles. chap. iii. ver. 11. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow, chap. i. ver. 18. And further, by these, my son, be admonished; of making many books there is no end... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 pages
...that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." — Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." — Ch. i. ver. 18. " And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1821 - 352 pages
...perfection, ver. 16. That guards not from disasters and vexations ; yea, there is in it an innate grief. In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Yea, give a man the confluence of all these, which is so rare; make him at once rich, and honorable,... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...to the human race. Ignorance is the work of nature, error is the work of man. The wise man observes, that " In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." It should seem that there is such a fault as intemperance in the pursuit of knowledge. It is an undoubted... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Eccles. chap. iii. ver. 11. For in much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Chap. i. ver. 18. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...health and happiness, will find that he has made a poor exchange, — ' For,' to such a one at least, ' in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Liverpool. JBM THE AUGUSTAN AGE IN ENGLAND. (See page 243.) It may, perhaps, be considered strange... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 pages
...Solomon speak ; I gave my heart to know wisdom, I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.^. Many . and dreadful are the damps that seize upon such as dig deep in the mines of learning. Sharp... | |
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 
