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 | Bible - 1840 - 254 pages
...shalt know that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring sts the grass of the earth. Ps. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Ver. 4. As arrows in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Ver. 5.... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...2—8. his mother to shame. • Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest, &c.— Prov. xxix. 15.17. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward : happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.—Ps. cxxvii. 3—5; cxxviii. 3;... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - Great Britain - 1843 - 546 pages
...unchangeably the same ? Does he know that in the immutable word of this unchangeable God it is written, " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward : " and again, " Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - Great Britain - 1843 - 462 pages
...unchangeably the same ? Does he know that in the immutable word of this unchangeable God it is written, " Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his reward : " and again, " Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the... | |
 | 1844 - 498 pages
...to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows ; for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward." These passages, then, may serve as specimens of the manner in which God's hand is uniformly... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - Great Britain - 1844 - 496 pages
...unchangeahly the same ? Does he know that in the immutable word of this unchangeable God it is written, "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his reward: "and again, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...sharply : " Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb ? " (Gen. xxx. 2.) " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward." (Psalm cxxvii. 3.) " He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...be expressive of thy rank and office upon the earth, as " the mother of all living ;" (v. 20.) " for children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward;" (Ps. cxxvii. 3.) and what recompense save that of unfruitfulness and death can be thy... | |
 | William Sewell - Church and state - 1844 - 458 pages
...incorporations, so its great external work is the propagation of colonies. They are its children ; and children are " an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward." 1 " Happy," it may be added, " is the State which hath its quiver full of them. They... | |
 | Grace Aguilar - 1845 - 400 pages
...privilege granted from Him as the recompence of faithful service; as we read in the words of David, " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His REWARD," Psalm cxxvii. And, again, " Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine... | |
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