Encontrados 24 resultados para: sought

  • 'In consequence of which, the people, aware of Simon's loyalty and of the glory which he was determined to win for his nation, have made him their ethnarch and high priest, for all his services and for the integrity and loyalty which he has shown towards his nation, and for having by every means sought to enhance his people's power; (1 Maccabees 14, 35)

  • But all this brought its own retribution; the very people whose way of life they envied, whom they sought to resemble in everything, proved to be their enemies and executioners. (2 Maccabees 4, 16)

  • Menelaus then had a quiet word with Andronicus, urging him to get rid of Onias. Andronicus sought out Onias and, resorting to the trick of offering him his right hand on oath, succeeded in persuading him, despite the latter's lingering suspicions, to leave sanctuary; whereupon, in defiance of all justice, he immediately put him to death. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)

  • On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him! (Song of Solomon 3, 1)

  • So I shall get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. I sought but could not find him! (Song of Solomon 3, 2)

  • I opened to my love, but he had turned and gone. My soul failed at his flight, I sought but could not find him, I called, but he did not answer. (Song of Solomon 5, 6)

  • From her blossoming to the ripening of her grape my heart has taken its delight in her. My foot has pursued a straight path, I have sought her ever since my youth. (Ecclesiasticus 51, 15)

  • That day, the root of Jesse, standing as a signal for the peoples, will be sought out by the nations and its home will be glorious. (Isaiah 11, 10)

  • They will be called 'The Holy People', 'Yahweh's Redeemed', while you will be called 'Sought-after', 'City-not-forsaken'. (Isaiah 62, 12)

  • Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, the Valley of Achor a feeding ground for cattle, for those of my people who have sought me. (Isaiah 65, 10)

  • The priest's lips ought to safeguard knowledge; his mouth is where the law should be sought, since he is Yahweh Sabaoth's messenger. (Malachi 2, 7)

  • We sought out the disciples and stayed there a week. Speaking in the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem, (Acts 21, 4)


“Como Jesus, preparemo-nos a duas ascensões: uma ao Calvário e outra ao Céu. A ascensão ao Calvário, se não for alegre, deve ao menos ser resignada!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina