 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 584 pages
...of unlawful gain, but openly professeth it ; and so thev contrive their mischief accordingly. VII. 4 The best of them is as a brier : the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge : the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation fometh ; now shall be their perplexity. The very best... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 394 pages
...fruitless, noxious, and troublesome. In this language the prophet Micah describes the same people : " the best of them is as a brier ; the most upright is sharper than a thorn-hedge."|| Such shall they continue, " until the Spirit be poured upon them from on high." But... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...confidence in a guide : keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. The best of the^n is a brier : the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge." Micah vii. 5, 4. God took an effectual method to convince many of his people of his having called me to the work... | |
 | James Relly - 1812 - 236 pages
...When I except this Man, I believe that word of the Lord applicable unto all the others, where he says, the best of them is as a Brier, the most upright is sharper than a Thorn Hedge. Micah, vii. 4. For every Brother will utterly supplant, and every Neighbour will walk with Slanders. Jer. ix. 4.... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...false prophet, although highly estimated by the people, were no better thun a thorn. Micah vii. 4, " The best of them is as a brier : the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge." A good tree bringcth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth , evil fruit. Men are considered... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...slothful is as a hedge of chedek" (Prov. xv. 19). "The best of them" (ie of the cruel and unjust) " is as a brier ; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge " (Micah vii. 4). Dardar owes its particular interest to the fact of its being coupled with kotz in the so-called... | |
 | William Bennett (solicitor.) - 1821 - 488 pages
...command ye, for fear nor favour, friendship nor affection ; they are all spawns of the arch fiend ; the best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn-hedge ; the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh ; now shall be their perplexity." "... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 658 pages
...they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among its ? none evil can come upon us. MIC. vii. 4. The best of them is as a brier ; the most upright is sharper than a tJiorn-hedge : the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh ; now shall be their perplexity. a... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...biography we should like for our exemplar ; and I take it none of a later date are snore suitable for it. " The best of them is as a brier, the most upright is a thorn hedge ;" and if any hug them they will assuredly get pricked, and smart for their folly. The... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...wicked are compared to thorns, on account of their utter unprofitableness, and of their pernicious, The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge." In taking leave of this mischievous class of plants, we must not overlook those delightful promises... | |
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The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 
