 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...appointed course, and not reflect on your own numberless departures from duty ! " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise ; which...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gatliereth her food in the harvest." " Hear, О heavens, and give ear, О earth : for the Lord hath... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pages
...and hath nothing. 9 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep : and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 10 How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? When wilt thou...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man. 1 Prov. xxvi. 13. 2 Prov. xv. 19. * Prov. xxvi. 15. 4 Prov.... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...provide th her meat in the summer, and gather eth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as ait armed man. FORESIGHT in relation to temporal concerns, though not universally... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...prudent foresight. Proverbs vi. 6 — 8. is a passage for a long discourse : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise. Which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest ;'' but a long discourse would be misplaced here. The same character of foresight is given to the ant,... | |
 | 1832 - 618 pages
...are, sends man to receive a lesson on diligence and foresight ; when it says, " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." We behold the labours of these indefatigable insects, which swarm around their ant-hill, at once their... | |
 | 1832 - 378 pages
...proposed as a lesson to the only rational free agent who occupies our globe: " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." (Prov. vi. 6.) Thus is man instructed by the faint emanation of instinctive OF REASON AND SC1UPTURE.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 pages
...consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in thy summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How...thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of the sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 596 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man"." Through his neglect of the proper means, not only does... | |
 | 1833 - 94 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, — and thy want as an armed man." Industry will make difficult things easy ; it will add... | |
 | Jacob W. Ehrlich - 2002 - 242 pages
...unwillingness to work and to live by means other than by honest effort is condemned: "Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,... | |
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GO to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
