 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 halaman
...Surely he •hall not be moved forever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Pr. 11. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself. Pr. 13. 7.... | |
 | 1844 - 588 halaman
...temporal welfare, as well as their spiritual. For proof of this, we refer you to such scriptures as these: "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." "Bringye all the tithes into the storehouse, that' there may be meat in my house, and prove me now... | |
 | 1851 - 620 halaman
...Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of thine increase," is an unrepealed precept. " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty," — is a pregnant encouragement of undecaying vigour. And yet what frivolous pretexts, what plausible... | |
 | Thomas Rolph - 1844 - 408 halaman
...Kingdom, by the small sacrifice we are called upon to make, will it be found, "There is that which scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." " ' Some of those captious and querulous objectors to every thing that does not emanate from themselves,... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1845 - 204 halaman
...BENEVOLENCE. THE liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the pojor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.... | |
 | Ebenezer Carter Tracy - 1845 - 462 halaman
...this may appear to some, it will not seem strange to him who considers the import of these words : " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. He that watereth, shall be watered also himself. It is more blessed to give than to receive." The government... | |
 | Thomas Scattergood - 1845 - 490 halaman
...little pause, he said, 'for whose sake I know not, but these expressions have impressed my mind, " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty;" be faithful, and so farewell.' Sometime after, when we again entered into conversation, he said to... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Central Pennsylvania - 1906 - 1064 halaman
...the place of electricity. I fear some of us are too economical to prosper. "There is that scattered!, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." I can conceive of no place where this proverb is more applicable than in the missionary society. Let... | |
 | 1928 - 686 halaman
...brood-chamber. Many more things might be mentioned to show the wisdom and truthfulness of this old proverb, "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." We may not know who condensed a whole chapter of truth into this delight ful proverb, but whoever it... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1994 - 324 halaman
...requires the last, viz., bountifully. The sentiment here expressed is the same as in Prov. 11, 24, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." It is comprehended also in the wider truth taught in Gal. 6, 7. Our Lord teaches the same doctrine,... | |
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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. 
