| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment. Pr. viii. 10, 11. 18, 19, 20. Seeking goodly pearls.] mb úr above rubies. Job xxviii. 18. Títere be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 266 pages
...; the gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and (he exchange of it shall-not be for jewels of fine gold — -no mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of her is above rubies ! The evil imaginations of men and of nations," continued he, "have provoked another... | |
| Sermons - 1833 - 652 pages
...sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it ; and the exchange of it shall not he for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls;...wisdom '( and where is the place of understanding 'i seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 30 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 31 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 32 Whence then... | |
| Josiah Priest - America - 1833 - 422 pages
...from certain expressions of Job, 28th chap. 18th verse, respecting precious stones, which are:—" No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies" That is, it is understood, that the wisdom which aided man to make this discovery, and to apply it... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1834 - 360 pages
...high a price. "It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies." The clergyman is with his parishioners, and among them ; he is neither in the cloistered cell, or in the... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1842 - 986 pages
...sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of pure gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies." It is a beautiful and glorious thought, that all the precious things which the outward world can supply,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Bible - 1834 - 276 pages
...gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then... | |
| Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of iine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:...equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold." The question then is put: " Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing... | |
| Joseph Roberts - Bible - 1835 - 652 pages
...sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls...equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold." Foolish man would estimate the worth of wisdom by gold, or the precious onyx * ; by the sapphire, or... | |
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