...spendeth as a shadow ? 1 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew ; surely they are disquieted in vain. * Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. The thoughts of men are vanity. * Our conversation...

...been beheld soaring above the real participation of those enjoyments for which they seem to aim. " Surely, men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." Surely, nothing but a life of rectitude, the result of an enlightened understanding and obedient mind,...

...Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for 118. 12 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 13 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart...

...God is our refuge ;" yet how very seldom do we recur to him as such in the hour of temptation ! " 9. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighttr than vanity." A reason is here assigned, why we should at all times " trust in God ;" namely,...

...monarch, when surveying the moral character of many around him, said, ' Surely men of low degree arc vanity, and men of high degree are a lie ; to be laid...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.' In this quotation, the two ranks of men named, are represented as vanity, so that when put together...

...Use 2. See the vanity of the creature ; there are changes in every thing but in God ; Ps. bcii. 9, " Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie." We look for more from the creature than God hath put into it. The world brings changes ; the creature...

...to marry the girls to any rowdy so long as he has Colonial experience, and not think of family." " ' Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity,' " quoted Mrs Mazere, and...

...from the Jews, had prohably its origin in the figurative language of Scripture. Thus, Psalm Ixii, 9: "Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the halance, they are altogether lighter than vanity": and in Daniel, the sentence against the King of...

...opinion' : Surely men of low degree are vanity (hebhel), And men of high degree are a lie (kazabh): To be laid in the balance, They are altogether lighter than vanity (Ps. 62.9 AV). hebhel occurs together with toh& to signify what is vain and futile (Isa. 49.4); tohu...

...Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 e brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared Ihey are altogether lighter lhan vanily. 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery:...