The women of Israel; or, Characters and sketches from the holy Scriptures, and Jewish history, Volume 21845 |
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... evil spirit from the monarch's heart , Saul flung the javelin which he had in his hand with such fierce and deadly aim , that David only escaped instant death by starting aside , and the instrument struck the wall . He fled from the ...
... evil spirit from the monarch's heart , Saul flung the javelin which he had in his hand with such fierce and deadly aim , that David only escaped instant death by starting aside , and the instrument struck the wall . He fled from the ...
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... evil still worse , how often do we secretly scorn the religion of those whose outward forms may appear to us childish , or unfounded , and not needed to bring up our prayers before the Lord . How many times do we contemn those who in ...
... evil still worse , how often do we secretly scorn the religion of those whose outward forms may appear to us childish , or unfounded , and not needed to bring up our prayers before the Lord . How many times do we contemn those who in ...
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... evil in his doings . He had a wife named Abigail , of whom we are expressly told by the Sacred Historian , that " she was a woman of good under- standing and of a beautiful countenance . " How such a superior person could ever have ...
... evil in his doings . He had a wife named Abigail , of whom we are expressly told by the Sacred Historian , that " she was a woman of good under- standing and of a beautiful countenance . " How such a superior person could ever have ...
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... evil temper . The strongest control , the most enduring and ever- acting piety , the most determined resolution to bear and forbear , to love and to forgive , however often pained or annoyed ; all these must be experienced and practised ...
... evil temper . The strongest control , the most enduring and ever- acting piety , the most determined resolution to bear and forbear , to love and to forgive , however often pained or annoyed ; all these must be experienced and practised ...
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... evil for good ; and in a moment of anger , he commanded all his young men to gird on their swords , and with a troop of four hundred equally indig- nant as himself , marched from the wilderness in the direction of Nabal's dwelling ...
... evil for good ; and in a moment of anger , he commanded all his young men to gird on their swords , and with a troop of four hundred equally indig- nant as himself , marched from the wilderness in the direction of Nabal's dwelling ...
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Page 73 - And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Page 98 - Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.
Page 166 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Page 266 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Page 78 - And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her : and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Page 117 - Shushan the palace, in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: when he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Page 166 - And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Page 50 - When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it...
Page 114 - Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Page 138 - If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.