...right and reasonable all its rules and precepts are. Again, in the second chapter of this book : " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my...that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding: yea if thou cricst after knowledge, and liltest up thy voice for understanding...

...to save the soul." — "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide niv commandments with tliee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply...understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftcst up thy voice for understanding; if thou soekrtt her as silver, and searches! for her as for...

...depend. With Solomon's exhortation to the same effect, the subject may, therefore, now be closed. " My son, if thou wilt receive *' my words, and hide...commandments " with thee, so that thou incline thine " ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart " to understanding; yea, if thou criest " after knowledge, and liftest...

...his temporal or spiritual affairs : There are promises suited to this case, in Prov. ii. 3 — 6. ' If thou criest ' after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding ; * if thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her, as for hid | 4 treasures; then shah thou understand the fear of the Lord; * and...

...But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. CHAP. II. JVlY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee ; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou...

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...divine tilings, is not to be acquired without earnest and diligent seeking, (Prov. c. ii. v. 1, 6.) *' My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my...unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding ; yea,'if thou criest after knowledge, and lifteth up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest...

...; their practice will be agreeable to the counsel of the wise man, in Prov. ii. at the beginning, " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my...understanding : If thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures : Then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find...

...eternal life, " and they are they which testify of me:"* and also " the instructions of Solomon: " My son, if thou " wilt receive my words, and hide...and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou cri" est after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for under" standing; if thou seekest her as silver,...

...before him, he read these verses from the Proverbs. " ' My son, if thou wilt receive my words — " ' So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply...thy voice for understanding ; " ' If thou seekest after her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; " ' Then shalt thou understand the...