 | 1842 - 752 頁
...they have succeeded in gaining the object of their wishes ; and what that is we have seen above — " In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." Would that Archdeacon VVilberforce's words might reach not only the ears but the hearts of our statesmen,... | |
 | Thomas Perronet Thompson - 1842 - 504 頁
...the unaffected manner in w'hich it has given its sanction to their already formed opinions. " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." It must be one of those simple fowl which voyagers chronicle by names indicative of Mr stolidity, that... | |
 | 1876 - 302 頁
...that we may escape them. The bird will not go into the snare that he has seen spread for him. " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." ' ' I have found another warning in chap, xxiii. 20. It is this. "Be not among winebibbers ; among... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1842 - 288 頁
...prevalency upon the mind in drawing it off from its watch and circumspection. Says the wise man, " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird?" Prov. i. 17; or, before the eyes of every thing that has a wing, as in the original. If it has eyes... | |
 | 1864 - 752 頁
...nothing short of unutterable folly allowed of such a betrayal by means so transparent. Solomon tells us that " In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." But men are caught and destroyed by being first induced to shut their eyes upon what everybody else... | |
 | 1843 - 400 頁
...and provinces. Our Lord discovered this snare (ver. 18). île perceived their wickedness ; for surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird. Prov. i. 17. A temptation perceived is half conquered ; for our greatest danger lies from snakes under... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 頁
...will he spread his net. Of all these artifices we have been graciously warned, and it is written " In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." It is not for us to be discouraged at the thought of the dangers with which we are surrounded, so to... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1844 - 712 頁
...the vanity of all such flatteries. Be afraid of that which you are sure is the devil's bait. " Surely EVENTH DAY, WHICH is THE SABBATH, in it there shall Prov. i. 17. You are not only told in the Scriptures, that sinners are generally thus allured to hell,... | |
 | James Backhouse - 1844 - 772 頁
...their way which was so destructive to their prosperity. The Proverb was fulfilled which says, "Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird ;" for the Hottentots, almost without exception, avoided his house, which was abandoned for want of... | |
 | 1846 - 514 頁
...would, most probably, have been preserved from those inextricable meshes in which they are entangled. " In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." This pamphlet will clearly point out to every one who holds any relation to a railway company what... | |
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Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird," or, before the eyes of every thing that hath a wing, as in the original. 
