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... good effects of conversing well . " 66 Capital ! That will be the very best way ; for I shall be sure to understand it . " " The tongue is a most unruly member , and to have a proper control over it is an 4 LEARNING TO CONVERSE .
... good effects of conversing well . " 66 Capital ! That will be the very best way ; for I shall be sure to understand it . " " The tongue is a most unruly member , and to have a proper control over it is an 4 LEARNING TO CONVERSE .
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... tongue . You have , no doubt , often heard the proverb , A still tongue maketh a wise head . ' David and Solomon were well aware of the great mis- chief done by the tongue ; for the one says , Set a watch , O Lord , before my mouth ...
... tongue . You have , no doubt , often heard the proverb , A still tongue maketh a wise head . ' David and Solomon were well aware of the great mis- chief done by the tongue ; for the one says , Set a watch , O Lord , before my mouth ...
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and the other , Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles , ' Prov . xxi . 23. You see then , Edmund , what a difference we must make between learning to converse and much talking . " 66 Yes ! One is ...
and the other , Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles , ' Prov . xxi . 23. You see then , Edmund , what a difference we must make between learning to converse and much talking . " 66 Yes ! One is ...
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... tongue is but for a moment , ' Prov . xii . 19. " 6 " I read that text last night . " : " In learning to converse properly , it is not enough to love truth , and to hate false- hood ; for many , who do these things , conti- nually ...
... tongue is but for a moment , ' Prov . xii . 19. " 6 " I read that text last night . " : " In learning to converse properly , it is not enough to love truth , and to hate false- hood ; for many , who do these things , conti- nually ...
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... tongue , which is long , and doubled up in its mouth , with the tip pointing down the throat : it is sticky at the end , and when the frog uses it to catch its food , it throws it out of its month , and touches the beetle or worm with ...
... tongue , which is long , and doubled up in its mouth , with the tip pointing down the throat : it is sticky at the end , and when the frog uses it to catch its food , it throws it out of its month , and touches the beetle or worm with ...
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Page 164 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 283 - And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine.
Page 6 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.
Page 165 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Page 40 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Page 195 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 219 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 164 - O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Page 253 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 187 - And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.