 | 1806 - 662 páginas
...purchase it ! You may search, not the earth only, but the ocean, amis ill thequiMion. will return," Whence cometh Wisdom ? — and Where is the place of Understanding?' It is hid from the eyes of all living, even from the most soaring minds. Death or futurity may thro* some light upon it ; bul even that will... | |
 | 1820 - 230 páginas
...obtain Wisdom, except God gave her to me, (and that wa&a point of wisdom also, to know whose gift ihe was,) I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him with...than the aged, he had more understanding than his teachers,because he kept the commandments of his God." He might say with young Samuel, and perhaps... | |
 | 1820 - 224 páginas
...of wisdom also, to know whose gift she was,) I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him with my whola heart." — " For there is a spirit in man, and the...than the aged, he had more understanding than his teachcrs,because he kept the commandments of his God." He might say witli young Samuel, and perhaps... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 páginas
...kept hidden from the profane '. Hence, in allusion to this systematic concealment, the author asks : Whence then cometh WISDOM, and where is the place...? It is HID from the eyes of all living, and KEPT CLOSE from the fowls of the air. DESTRUCTION and DEATH say, We have heard the fame thereof with our... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 536 páginas
...earth only, but the ocean, and still the question will return, Whence cometh wisdom ; and where it the place of understanding? ' It is hid from the eyes of all living, even from the most 'soaring minds. Death or futurity may throw some light upon it ; but even that'... | |
 | Richard Cobbold - 1850 - 272 páginas
...with pure gold. Whence i 2 then cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding ? — seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept from the fowls of the air. Behold, the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding." Come, then, we have... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Henri D. Lacordaire - 1873 - 272 páginas
...is happiness ? But who knows happiness ? Who has seen it ? Who can tell where it dwells? Job said, Whence then cometh wisdom, and where is the place...understanding ? It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not* If this be true of wisdom, how much more true is it of happiness... | |
 | Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1874 - 272 páginas
...is happiness ? But who knows happiness ? Who has seen it ? Who can tell where it dwells ? Job said, Whence then cometh wisdom, and where is the place...understanding ? It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not* If this be true of wisdom, how much more true is it of happiness... | |
 | William Henry Green - 1874 - 396 páginas
...men, and no search, however prolonged or anxious, can ever discover. Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? It is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Even the world of the departed does not possess it: they "have heard... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1879 - 1024 páginas
...places. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with the purest colour. re Easter and Pentecost Sundays, when it is not said,...they are treated as Festivals. THE CKEED OF ST. AT lieth unseen by the birds of the air. Destruction and death say : We have heard the fame thereof with... | |
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Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air. Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears. 
