Bible Dictionary: The Locust: Wise

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Proverbs 30:24,27
There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
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On Proverbs. From the Commentary of St. Hippolytus on Proverbs.
... [1253] "There be four things which are least upon the earth, and these are wiser
than the wise: The ants have no strength, yet ... "The locust has no king, and yet ...
/.../on proverbs from the commentary.htm

Extracts from the Thalia of Arius. Arius Maintains that God Became ...
... For Wisdom,' saith he, by the will of the wise God, had its existence in Wisdom ... as
others, one of the so-called powers, one of which, namely, the locust and the ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/chapter ii extracts from the thalia.htm

The Plagues of Egypt
... frogs in one way in every ditch at this moment, is he not wise and strong ... where thunder
and hail was never seen before; the Lord of the locust swarms"able to ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon x the plagues of.htm

A Homily for Humble Folks
... be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: the
ants ... One locust is a thing to be laughed at but when they go forth in bands ...
/.../spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/a homily for humble folks.htm

Letter Liii. To Paulinus.
... "I will destroy," it is said, "the wisdom of the wise, and will ... twelve tribes as
spoiled and devastated by the palmerworm, the canker-worm, the locust, and the ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter liii to paulinus.htm

Discipline
... But such a people, the wise Balaam saw, would not be mere conquerors, like those ...
Jacob, and thy camp, oh Israel.' He likens them, not to the locust swarm, the ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon i discipline.htm

And Yet, Lest You Should Suppose that None but Yourselves Can Make ...
... which Timæus prepares and mixes, either their souls came, or that the locust, [3764]
mouse ... For we see that some of the wise say that the earth is mother of men ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/52 and yet lest you.htm

A Cultivated Conservative Friend of Mine once Exhibited Great ...
... The wise king told the sluggard to watch the ant, a charming occupation"for a ... But
never before, I think, have Christians called a Turk a locust and meant it ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 42 a cultivated conservative.htm

Reference Table
... VIII Prophetic Sentences Jeremiah 41 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise Jeremiah
IX 23 ... Habakkuk I 2 Minor Prophets 77 III Rhapsody of the Locust Plague Joel ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/reference table.htm

Psalm CV.
... Is it to be in any wise understood or believed, that God turneth man's heart to
do sin?...For they were not good ... "He spake the word, and the locust came, and ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cv.htm

Subtopics

Locust

Locust used As Food

Locust: Authorized As Food

Locust: Devastation By

Locust: Figurative

Locust: Instincts of

Locust: Plague of

Locust: Sun Obscured By

Locust: Symbolical

Locust: Translated "Grasshopper"

The Locust of Destructive Enemies