| Whole duty - 1821 - 566 sider
...of these and the like exhortations, dread the threatening of this wise man, who also declares, that the eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. But if parents, through fondness or want of judgment, take off the restraint, and remove the bar that... | |
| 1821 - 694 sider
...now been accomplished on you, I'rov . i\ii. 17. " The eye that mockelh at his father, and rcfusetb to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it. What revenge ana malice have you been guilty of towards your iieighbours ? How have you indulged this... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 452 sider
...and tongues of men, kindled from hell, and sufficient to set on fire the course of nature t. Ver. 17- The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens rif the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Agur, as well as Solomon, insists... | |
| 1853 - 640 sider
...Absalom. But let each mark the beginnings of evil ; especially of revenge, pride, and unfilial conduct. " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." (Prov. xxx. 17.) Never forget the responsibilities that attend a religious training. If you perish,... | |
| 1839 - 1092 sider
...of your eyes," — that " for all these things God will bring yon into judgment." (Eccleg. xi. 9.) " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." (Prov. x \\. 17.) If yon pursue the paths of impiety, your condemnation will be unspeakably aggravated... | |
| Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 sider
...that mock their parents ? Proverbs, xxx. 17; A. The eye that mocketh at his father, and desp^isetli to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Q. 84. Should children hearkento the advice of their parents ? Proverbs, xxiii. 22. A. Hearken unto... | |
| 1822 - 872 sider
...that brooks were tlie resort of that species of bird, called in Scripture Oreb, and rendered raven. " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the bronk, or torrent, (Vru-'3iy)corr?z torrentis, (Buxtorf,) shall pick it out." We have dwelt the longer... | |
| E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 sider
...defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of 'dignities. Prov. xxx. 17. The eye that mocheth at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pluck it out. 2 Cor. xii. 15. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you '. though the more... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 326 sider
...their parents ! ' The eye that mocketh at his father, and refuses to obey his mother, the ravens of ihe valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.' (Prov. xxx. 17.)" When Mrs. Fairchild and the children heard this dreadful story, they were very much... | |
| William Godwin - 1823 - 442 sider
...take them away. There is a passage in the Bible that seems to be of this sort, where it is said, " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it *." This infantine doctrine respecting the punishment of misdemeanour, is succeeded 'by another, which,... | |
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