It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Life of Sir Henry Lawrence - Page 109by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 627 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1823 - 154 pages
...his mouth more than my necessary food. (23 Job. 12.) 22. How did the Psalmist esteem the Scriptures? The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. (119 P. 72.) 23. How does the Psalmist describe the excellencies of the word of God? The law of the... | |
| Charles Bradley (Vicar of Glasbury.) - 1823 - 370 pages
...' The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying,' chap. iii. sect. 6. on 'The Advantages of Sickness.' 72. ' The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.' Affliction taketh from us the inclination to offend, and it giveth us, in return, a knowlege of that... | |
| 1832 - 488 pages
...could, with truth, say with the Psalmist, " Thy testimonies are my delight 2N and my counsellors — The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver — О how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day — How sweet are thy words unto my taste!... | |
| 1823 - 570 pages
...full of beauties as soon as a man shall once experience what the Psalmist did when he said, " The Jaw of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." I. cxix. 72. peculiarities would tend to show the real character of the various manuscripts. From such... | |
| 1824 - 588 pages
...nobler prize is here given to me. The Bible. How did David value the Word of God ? Psalm cxix. 72. " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. How do you feel towards the poor Heathen, who dwell in a land of darkness and ignorance ? I pity them.... | |
| Theology - 1824 - 400 pages
...testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. Thy statutes have been my song in the house of my pilgrimage. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. O bow love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. I love thy commandments above gold ; yea, above... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...34, 35. Isa. ix. 13. It is good for me that I have been afflicted,- that I might learn thy statutes : the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — Ps. cxix. 71, 72. My beloved hath withdrawn himself, and was gone ; my soul failed, &c. I sought... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...34, 35. Isa. ix. 13. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes : the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — Ps. cxix. 71, 72. My beloved hath withdrawn himself, and was gone ; my soul failed, &c. I sought... | |
| John BULL (Curate of Clipston.) - Sermons, English - 1824 - 420 pages
...cares and pleasures to neglect the things which belong unto their peace, they can say with David, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." And again they may say, " Thy word k James i. 25. have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against... | |
| Colin McIver - Sermons, American - 1824 - 434 pages
...Mouth," viz. Truth, that the text and other Proverbs, put upon Truth, Wisdom, and understanding, f " The law of thy " Mouth is better unto me, than thousands of Gold and " Silver." This shews that the Royal prophetic Father's and Son's Truth were and are the same ; and among other... | |
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