 | John Owen - Holy Spirit - 1810 - 370 pages
...promise of divine teaching — ' Then shall v'e know, if we follow on to know the Lord.' Hosea vi. 3. ' If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding-, if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasure, then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...divine knowledge we are directed to combine a dependence on God's Spirit with our own researches: " if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding, if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...u'ith thee; so that than incline thy ear unto WISDOM, and apply thine heart to UNDERSTANDING: yea, if thou criest after KNOWLEDGE, and liftest up thy...UNDERSTANDING ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchestfor her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou vndersland the fear of the LORD, and fnd the... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...2. So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding : Ver. 3. Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding : Ver. 4. If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures : Ver. 5. Then... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 516 pages
...liftest up thy voice for understanding, ifthou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures, then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God; for the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."11... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 536 pages
...and I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord."f ** If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her, as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord ; and find the knowledge of God.... | |
 | John Dick - Bible - 1811 - 302 pages
...truth and duty be the only objects of your inquiries ; and the issue will be such as we wish it. " If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures ; then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God."*... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 408 pages
...theej so that thou incline thine eat " unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understand* " ing : yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and " liftest up thy...understanding ; if thou " seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for " hid treasures: then shall thou understand the feaf " of the LORD, and find... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - Ethics - 1811 - 106 pages
...attained without diligence. Hear now the counsel which a wise father gave to his son, " If thou crifcst after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding : if thou seekest her as. silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge... | |
 | Henry Venn - Christian life - 1811 - 464 pages
...emphatically expresses the need we must feel of that gift. " If thou criest after knowledge, and liftcst up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasure." Our Lord points out the same feeling as essential to prayer ; he describes it by... | |
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest... 
