Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped under Scripture passages, by J. Lee. subscribers' ed, Volume 2James Lee (M.A.) 1867 |
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... captain of whose host was Sisera , which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gen- tiles . And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily op- pressed the children of Israel ...
... captain of whose host was Sisera , which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gen- tiles . And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily op- pressed the children of Israel ...
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... captain of Jabin , king of Canaan ; at least , it is probable that the pursuit lasted till night , when the stars by their brightness and clear shining , favoured the Israelites , and were greatly to the disadvantage of the Canaanites ...
... captain of Jabin , king of Canaan ; at least , it is probable that the pursuit lasted till night , when the stars by their brightness and clear shining , favoured the Israelites , and were greatly to the disadvantage of the Canaanites ...
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... captain . By contrary paces to ours , it pleases God to attain His own ends ; and how usually does He look the contrary way to that He 3 moves ! No man can measure the conclusion of God's act by His begin- ning . He that fetches good ...
... captain . By contrary paces to ours , it pleases God to attain His own ends ; and how usually does He look the contrary way to that He 3 moves ! No man can measure the conclusion of God's act by His begin- ning . He that fetches good ...
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... captain over them and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh . We are all naturally ambitious , and are ready to buy honour even with hazard . And if the hope of a trou- blesome superiority encouraged Jeph- thah to ...
... captain over them and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh . We are all naturally ambitious , and are ready to buy honour even with hazard . And if the hope of a trou- blesome superiority encouraged Jeph- thah to ...
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... captains over thousands , and captains over fifties ; and will set them to ear his ground , and to reap his harvest , and to make his instruments of war , and instruments of his chariots . 18 And he will take your daughters to be ...
... captains over thousands , and captains over fifties ; and will set them to ear his ground , and to reap his harvest , and to make his instruments of war , and instruments of his chariots . 18 And he will take your daughters to be ...
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Page 102 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 10 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 148 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men...
Page 263 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 158 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Page 243 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 361 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 419 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 127 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Page 103 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.