| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...have the following curious passage : " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool ;" which is explained by Air Poole as follows: It is no wonder if we cannot be certain as to the sense... | |
| Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1823 - 334 pages
...As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatch eth them not : So he that getteth riches, and no 120 ly right, shall leave them in the midst of his• .days, and at his end shall be a fool, Jer. xvii. 11. " Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1823 - 504 pages
...Jeremiah xvii. 11. the prophet says, "As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so, he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days." Brown, speaking of the partridge, observes, " It is said, female partridges have such inclination to... | |
| John Cole - 1823 - 238 pages
...unjustly gotten, is often canker, consumes it utterly. Awful is that Scripture, which expressly says, "He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of of his days, and at his end shall be made a fool." You will please to present my compliments to your... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...let the mighty man glory in his might ; let not the rich man glory in his riches. — Jer. ix. 23. He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days; and, at his end, shall be a fool. — Jer. xvii. 1 1 . I have made the earth, the man, and the beast that are upon the ground, &c. I... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...neither let the mighty man glory in his might; let not the rich man glory in his riches. — Jer. ix. 23. He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days ; and, at his end, shall be a fool. — Jer. xvii. 1 1 . I have made the earth, the man, and the beast that are upon the ground, &c. I... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...mountains -." and in the second, " the partridge sitteth (on eggs), and produceth (or hatcheth) not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be contemptible." This passage does not necessarily imply that the partridge hatches the eggs of a stranger,... | |
| Thomas Walker Horsfield - Genealogy - 1824 - 496 pages
...recommended to them, was that in Jer. xvii. 11., As a partridge sitteth on eggx, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of hits days, and at his end shall be a fool. There was severally by both the persons distrayned, demands... | |
| John Milton - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 472 pages
...inherit the kingdom of God?' Jer. xvii. 11. 'as the partridge setteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.' Secondly, a pharisaical righteousness. Matt. v. 20. * except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...delivereth from death, Prov. xi. 4. As the partridge sitteth он eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool, Jer. xvii. 11. ь Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay : He may prepare... | |
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