 | John Disney - 1793 - 516 pages
...in us. SERMON SERMON XVI. A GENEROUS TEMPER CONGENIAL WITH NATURE AND REVELATION, PROVERBS XI. 24. THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH ; AND THERE IS THAT WITH-HOLDETH MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDETH TO POVERTY. How little the wifdom of Solomon is known to the wretched Haves of... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to him that giveth gifts. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrdwer is servant to the lender. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 pages
...ourselves, so far as we have need, and ready distribution unto the necessities of others, Prov. xi. 24, 25. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul •hall be made fat : and he that watereth shall... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 pages
...tends not to our profit, but to our loss. The words of wise Solomon are applicable here, Prov. xi. 2 i. "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.'1 7. To the grosser kinds of theft we must refer particularly "robbery,"... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 pages
...also bountifully." Wisdom's words are verified, the liberal are blessed, and the miser is starved ; " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." However, don't cut too close; nor act at your clipping feast like... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...unthrifty is that management, which in times of extreme scarcity^ withholds seed from the sower. " There is that " scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that " withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to " poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat ; " and he that watereth shall... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous M only good : but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1815 - 550 pages
...upon himself, and charitably upon others; it will put him in mind of Solomon's observation, that " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty," Prov. xi. -I. And how far the apprehension of that which he most... | |
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 pages
...discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good ; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; And there is that withholdeth more than is right, but yet it tendeth to poverty ; 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat ; And he that watereth... | |
 | Miron Winslow - 1819 - 34 pages
...shall be given, good measure, pressed down and running over, will the \' Lord pour into your bosom. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. . III. To confine our operations at home is not the best 'method of... | |
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 
