 that they commit not offices or the government of provinces to needy persons and such as are in debt; for peoples, that they allow not their rulers to be too much in want of money. PROVERB. (25.) A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a...  Works of Francis Bacon - Page 257by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1860 - 248 pages
...always tends to the profit, comfort, and refreshment of those who receive it. And again, Prov. xxv. 26, A righteous man falling down before the wicked, is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring. The meaning of which is, " a good man is such a blessing to all about him, that they suffer no less... | |
 | 1860 - 1346 pages
...woman and in a wide booee. 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26 shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool : but my righteousness 27 It in not good to eat much honey : so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 28 H« that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 686 pages
...strongly, but not so when wet. And it contains a useful warning for princes and peoples ; for princes, that they commit not offices or the government of...not their rulers to be too much in want of money. PEOVERB. (25.) A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1865 - 976 pages
...house. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. A righteous man felling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. It is not good to eat much honey : so for men to search their own glory is not glory. He that hath... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 508 pages
...woman and in a wide house. ®Ae cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 20 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. V. 26. The scandalous falls of good when it is troubled, or drink of that men, are like a bag of poison... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1869 - 424 pages
...the same life;—the spiritual life on earth, introductory to the eternal life in heaven ! Verse 26. "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring." Possibly this verse may have been suggested by the preceding in the arrangement, or copying out of... | |
 | J A P - 1870 - 132 pages
...against him. xvii. n. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. XXV. 26. ' Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his... | |
 | 1871 - 966 pages
...woman and in a wide house. "¡As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 2б 7It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 2S He that hath... | |
 | David Thomas - 1871 - 784 pages
..."fall down before the wicked." The text presents this apostacy in two aspects : I. As a MOHAL FALL. "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring." Righteousness is true soul elevation. It is the soul " risen •with Christ," sotting " its affections... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Conant - Bible - 1872 - 288 pages
...arid in a wide house. 25 Jis cold waters to a thirsty soil, so is good news from a far country. 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. AT ? j- : vv :i aia ym mm V -ST VJV I mn :ïtjï d'ha "rii ^5? hip di^ä f'T\ j : ns -is van VAT -... | |
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