 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - 1847 - 450 lapas
...recognisable by her appropriate emblem ; the sky was once of ultramarine, long since picked off by sacri* " Wherefore I prayed and understanding was given me...me. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones." Chap. vii, 7, 8. lege, and below, iu the fourteen stalls, the seven Profane and the seven Theological... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 lapas
...had any other beginning of birth. For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out. vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us...of mr So the LORD sent a pestilence up Israel fro Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold in respect of her is as a little sand,... | |
 | Lynn (Mass.) Mayor - 1872 - 264 lapas
...which ineludes not only intellectual sagacity, but a high, pure moral sense: — " I called (he says) upon God, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. " I...and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. "I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light ; for the light that cometh... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1851 - 362 lapas
...resist a foe whose weapons are pearls and diamonds ? INSERTED IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND. SOLOMON says, 'Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me...; I called upon God, and the Spirit of wisdom came unto me. ' I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of... | |
 | sir Francis Palgrave - 1852 - 648 lapas
...the centre, he holds an open book in his hand, in which is inscribed the text (Wisdom, oh. vii. w. 7, 8), " Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the Spirit oi Wisdom came to me. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison... | |
 | Christians - 1853 - 216 lapas
...draw to thee the spirit of wisdom, by the example of young Solomon, who, speaking of himself, said, " I prayed, and understanding was given me ; I called upon GOD, and the spirit of wisdom came to me." (Wisd. vii. 7.) But knowest thou, young Christian, what is this wisdom which thou must ask of GOD ?... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 lapas
...therefore get wisdom ; and with all thy getting get understanding. — Prov. iv. 7. Solomon says, " I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to...thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her all gold in respect of her is as little sand,, and silver shall be counted as clay before her." —... | |
 | 1854 - 652 lapas
...book called the "Wisdom of Solomon. Speaking of wisdom, the writer, in the seventh chapter, says, ' I prayed, and understanding was given me ; I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light ; for the light that cometh... | |
 | Christian seasons - 1854 - 296 lapas
...In the free choice which he makes of a portion. For thus the wise man tells of himself: "Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me ; I called...upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. ... I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light : for the light that cometh... | |
 | William King Tweedie - 1855 - 334 lapas
...pretend to be Scripture, yet still are words of wisdom, " I prayed, and understanding was given to me ; I called upon God, and the Spirit of wisdom came to me. I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light ; for the light that cometh... | |
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Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. 
