eyeservice
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- eyeservant noun
- eyeserver noun
Etymology
Origin of eyeservice
Example Sentences
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Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
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“But in singleness of heart,” that is, with undivided motive, which is the antithesis and the cure for “eyeservice”—and “fearing God,” which is opposed to “pleasing men.”
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Eyeservice let me give The while I live; In shadow or in light, By day or night, With all my heart and skill— Eyeservice still!
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No trembling fugitive, Boldly I live If, as in that pure sight, I live aright, Yielding with hand and will Eyeservice still!
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At the hotels its adoption is compulsory, if the traveller would shun eyeservice and the most provoking inattention or neglect.
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