 I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.  The baptist Magazine - Page 361877Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy fathers, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord...and 'they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 3 1 Behold, the days come that I -will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 358 pages
...Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed, that thy house, and the house of thy father,should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith,...and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." When Nineveh was warned of her danger, and sought to avert the threatened destruction by humiliation... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...ornamentor of every real Christian; and if he be not glorified by us, we shall surely be debased by him ; " for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed," 1 Sam. ii. 30; or, as the Saviour says, " Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that... | |
 | 1811 - 394 pages
...operations of his grace, in dispensing honour he always observes a rule, and he has told us what it is — " Them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed." — « Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness... | |
 | Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 pages
...that honoureth him, hath mercy on the poor. (Prov. xiv. 31.) And the Lord himself has declared — Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. ii. 30.) But, because the nature of man is such that he cannot be, at all times, steadily attached... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 356 pages
...of Eli's house and the Ninevites, and also "of Hezehiah's sickness. " I said indeed that thy house should walk before me for ever ; but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me. In forty days shall Nineveh be destroyed ; but the Lord repented him of the evil and did it not." &c.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 pages
...follows. He resisteth the proud. And, as they seek not his honour, he tramples theirs in the dust : " Them that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." This raises rebellion in the heart, even against the King himself: the foolishness of a man perverteth... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 436 pages
...esteemed, so as their Lord is glorified ; and the Lord is as much concerned for the honour of them. " They that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." But not so the hypocrite; he pays no regard to the honour of God, so as he can but exalt himself in... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 pages
...die house of diy father, should walk before me for ever: but now it shall be far from me: for diem that honour me I will honour; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."1 But he had spoken, and would not go back: for his word's e This is more fully opened in... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...goods to feed the poor, and have not love, I am nothing. " For them who honour me," saith the Lord, '' I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed," 1 Sam. ii. Nothing, therefore, shall excuse or palliate the insolence of attempting to supersede the... | |
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