 Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor,...  The Spectator - Page 2591729Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...moderate views of human life, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Agur's petition : " Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee ; and say, who is the Lord 1 or lest 1 be poor, and steal ; and take... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch, Prov. ri. 28. Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither...poverty, nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LOB D : or lest I be poor, and steal, and take... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...and thou be found a liar. 7 Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die : 8 by her. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, me With fpod convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1826 - 626 pages
...with that of persons above or below him. Agur's prayer is sufficiently noted — ' Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: remove...nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the... | |
 | William Cobbett - Agriculture - 1826 - 226 pages
...himself and family, is the very first duty of every man. ',' Two . things," says AGUR,, " have I asked ; deny me them " not before I die : remove far from...nor riches ; feed me " with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny . " thee ; or lest I be poor and steal." 19. A good living, therefore, a... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the... | |
 | B. A. Ramsbottom - Strict Baptists - 1994 - 364 pages
...such a poor, blind, empty, vile sinner, that I can feelingly join Agur, and say, "Two things have I required of Thee, deny me them not before I die. Remove...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the... | |
 | Luigi Zoja - Business & Economics - 1995 - 252 pages
...civilization. 141 10 THE CONTINUITY OF THE MYTH OF LIMITS: WESTERN STORIES The golden mean Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say Who is the Lord? (Proverbs, 30, 7) WHAT THE SERPENT KNEW For... | |
 | Marcia Terrell - 1996 - 62 pages
...••.*•• ' C Dec. 1870 The Cause of Disease Mrs. EGWhite "The prayer of Agur is instructive: "Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be Poor, and steal, and take the... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Fiction - 1998 - 458 pages
...epidemic of 1633. 7. Agur's prayer is recorded in Proverbs 30.1-33. Perhaps relevant here is the verse: "Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither...poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me" (30.8). 8. Absalom, third son of David, slew his half-brother Amnon for having raped Absalom's sister... | |
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