From that time forward also, they vse such difference in apparell as becommeth their callings, tendeth vnto grauitie, and maketh them knowne to be called to some countenance.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth:= 5 =and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied.
The Iudges of the circuits Oracle, to which the Commission of the peace referreth the Iustices Quaeres, hath resolued, that neyther of these wayes tendeth to any breach of the lawe.
Never please your appetite in meat or drink, when it tendeth to the detriment of your health.
Choose such a calling and course of life for your children, as tendeth most to the saving of their souls, and to their public usefulness for church or state.
When you are together, and your work will allow it, let your discourse be such astendeth to edification, and to the spiritual good of the speaker or the hearers.
Yes: but not that it should be granted in the very thing, unless so promised: but you may believe that your prayer is not lost, and that it shall be a means of that which tendeth to your good, Rom.
As every man is bound to choose that condition in which he may serve God with the best advantages, and which tendeth most to his spiritual welfare, and increase in holiness.
If necessity constrain you to take those that are unfit and bad, remember that there is the greater duty incumbent on you, to carry yourself towards them in a diligent, convincing manner, so as tendeth most to make them better.
Usually that is greatest which tendeth to the greatest good; yet sometimes that is greatest at that time which cannot be done at another time, when others may.
This will allow you such an anger and displeasure against a fault, as tendeth to heal it; but not such as tendeth but to fester and vex the diseased part.
Psa 31:19) It is therefore that which tendeth to get Christ a name, a fame, and glory, to be able to save to the uttermost them that come to God by him.
That, therefore, that tendeth to the help of some graces, if there be not great care taken, will prove an hindrance to others.
This also tendeth to set an edge upon prayer, and to make us the more fervent in spirit when we come to the throne of grace.
But fear not," said he, that is, with that fear that tendeth to turn you aside.
Then let us labour to make that improvement of this doctrine as tendeth to strengthen our graces, and us, in the management of them.
From which the fear of God hath a natural tendency to deliver thee, and to keep thee in the way that tendeth to life.
Yea, it so naturally tendeth this way, that it can no sooner appear to the soul, but it causeth this blessed fruit in the heart and life.
This clause reacheth in whatsoever tendeth either to the honour of God, Christ's advancement, or his people's benefit.
Thus I say, the fear of the Lord tendeth to life; the nature of it is to put the soul upon fearing of God, of closing with Christ, and of walking humbly before him.
In fine, we should never speak concerning our neighbour from any other principle than charity, or to any other intent but what is charitable; such as tendeth to his good, or at least is consistent therewith.
It is said of Pericles, that with thundering and lightning he put Greece into confusion; such discourse may serve to confound things, it seldom tendeth to compose them.
Generally it is more advisable to suppress such eruptions of passion than to vent it; for seldom passion hath not inordinate motions joined with it, or tendeth to good ends.
As no man can serve two masters, so no man can well please two contrary friends: and if you whisper to one the failings of another, it tendeth directly to the dissolution of your friendship.
When it tendeth to the dishonour of religion, and to make it scorned because of the fault of the penitent confessor.
It is lawful for the agents of lawful societies or trading companies to go (caeteris paribus, the persons being capable); because trade must be promoted, which tendeth to the common good of all countries.
And it tendeth also to destroy the love, and consequently the soul of him that you speak evil of.
It is not lawful to take up or keep up any oppressing monopoly or trade, which tendeth to enrich you by the loss of the commonwealth or of many.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Bless our labours, and the fruits of the earth in their season, and give us such temperate weather as tendeth hereunto.
He must keep in union with the universal church, and prefer its interest before the interest of any party whatsoever, and do nothing that tendeth to its hurt.
If he be so poor as that he cannot pay it, nor procure you satisfaction, the suit is vain, and tendeth but to cruelty.
And it is the same course which the devil himself would take; and he partly knoweth what tendethto men's damnation!
When it tendeth to set people together by the ears, and breed dissension, or otherwise injure the commonwealth or government.
Take heed therefore of any thing that tendeth to subvert government: disobedience or rebellion seldom wanteth a fair pretence; but it more seldom answereth the agent's expectation.
They would not pore too much, or dwell too long and too much upon the thoughts of those discouragements; for that is Satan's advantage, and tendeth to weaken themselves.
How ready to stifle challenges of conscience, or any common motion of the Spirit, which tendeth to alarm their soul?
And to herald common mediocrity with the noisy notes of fame, Tendeth to its deeper scorn; as if it were to call the mole a mammoth.
So that this variety of knowledge tendeth in conclusion but only to this, to make a better and freer choice of those actions which may concern us, and to conduct them with the less error and the more dexterity.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Whereto tendeth this comparison of his, that the wise man's heart draweth thither where folk are in sadness, and the heart of a fool is where he may find mirth?
Whereto tendeth this threat of the wise man, that he who delighteth in wealth shall fall into woe?
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet; but it tendeth to poverty' (Prov.
It greatly tendeth to impoverish and beggar a man.
The instruction of these children is even as the work of a loving gardener who tendeth his young plants in the flowering fields of the All-Glorious.
In short, man is endowed with two natures: one tendeth towards moral sublimity and intellectual perfection, while the other turneth to bestial degradation and carnal imperfections.
Therefore is it incumbent upon the mothers to rear their little ones even as a gardener tendeth his young plants.
And use a mild and gentle speech, which savoureth of love, and tendeth to assuage the heat that is kindled.
A discreet restraint of boasting, and such a discommending of themselves, as tendeth to procure them the reputation of modesty and humility.
And so almost all intemperance tendeth to breed diseases; and God commandeth temperance even for the body's good.
When it tendeth to delude men in the greatest things, even the state of their souls.
Hear, if possible, that minister that first feels what he speaks, and so speaks what he feels, astendeth most to make you feel.
Denial of our grace may seem to be humility, but it tendeth to extinguish love and gratitude.
But he that hath placed his happiness and hopes in God, and valueth the world no further than it tendeth to his ultimate end, will no further grieve for the want of it, than as he misseth it to that end.
And so much pleasing of the flesh as tendeth but to its health and cheerfulness, is a duty, where it can be done without greater hurt the other way.
Licentiousness is the proper doctrine of the devil, which all his strictness tendeth to promote.
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied.
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
There is that scattereth and increaseth yet more, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
But if the best, then evil consequently is partial, comparatively small, and tendeth to the greater perfection of the whole.
To the same purpose ittendeth which the highly esteemed Philip Melancthon, in his Common Places, chap.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tendeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
