 | Ed Jackson - Religion - 2007 - 240 pages
...Evelyn Northcutt Life verse: Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God (Prov. 30:8-9). At all ages human beings seek security. When we make a speech,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Religion - 2008 - 513 pages
...in a calm way, sometimes with more ardour. How quietly and simply does Agur offer his prayer to God! "Two things have I required of Thee; deny me them...nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me." St. Paul, on the other hand, with greater fervency, because he was in more distressing circumstances,... | |
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Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor... 
