| Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1858 - 476 páginas
...his destructioa" (Children of Bethel, 2 Kings ii 28-25 ; see also Luke xix. 22-27.) Prov. xviii. 17. "He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him." (Ziba, 2 Sam. xvi. 1-8; xix. 26 ; Tertullus, Acts xxiv. 5, 18.) Prov. xix. 8. "The foolishness of man... | |
| 1865 - 1214 páginas
...advanced against the Church of England, and the Misrepresentations which they involve. By a LAYMAN. "He that is first in his own cau.se seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." WILLIAM HUNT & Co., 23, Holies Street, W. PROPHET OF NAZARETH;... | |
| 1858 - 516 páginas
...times : an answer to Dr. Wiseman. By ALESSANDRO GAVAZZI. London : Partridge and Co., Paternoster-row. " HE that is first in his own cause seemeth just, but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." Once more, and very remarkably, is this saying of the royal philosopher... | |
| William Arnot - 1858 - 500 páginas
...Bat this Friend will ne'er deceive thee : Oh, how he loves ! " XV. THE BIAS ON THE SIDE OF SELF. " He that is first in his own cause seemeth just ; but his neighbour cometh and oearcheth him." — xviii. 17. THIS proverb touches human life at many points,... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1859 - 226 páginas
...heareth it. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth Mm. 3. Pride.—Before destruction cometh, the hcai t of man has become... | |
| César Henri A. Malan - 1860 - 152 páginas
...Word. But might we not suppose that, in this case, we have a verification of the text which says — " He that is first in his own cause seemeth just, but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." (Prov. xviii. 17.) Am I going too far, when I ask permission to... | |
| 1860 - 1346 páginas
...wise seeketh knowledge. 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. 17 so on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of neighbour cometh and searcheth him. 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1860 - 734 páginas
...secrets. — Prov. xi. 13; xxvi. 20. 5. Beware of the busy, selfimportant messenger: remember that " he that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." 6. If you should hear ill of another, remember that your informant... | |
| 1861 - 606 páginas
...he may experience the truthfulness of the Heavengiven proverb as others have done before him — " He that is first in his own cause seemeth just, but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." I have only further to say, what I have said before, that we United... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1861 - 410 páginas
...you will have a sure acceptance and a gracious welcome', both now and in the great day. , Verse 17. "He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." — We have, in this verse, another evidence of the identity of... | |
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