On the book-plate of D. W. Jayne the following verse from the Bible is used:—
Go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. Matt. Chap. xxv. ver. 9.
Verses from Holy Writ are quite frequently used on plates, and the style of expression found in the Psalms and Proverbs is borrowed as adding an authoritative emphasis to the words of caution and advice,—
The wicked borrow, and returneth not: do thou not like unto them.
Return what thou borroweth with the most sacred punctuality, and withhold it not.