Found 722 Results for: Divine Love
A blessing on all that love thee, on all that welcome thy good news! (Tobit 13, 18)
Do thou, in thy great love, take pity on us; or if punished we must be, let it be under thy own rod; do not abandon us, that still acknowledge thy name, to the mercy of men who never knew thee! (Judith 7, 20)
And what of those others, who could not hold out, submitting to the divine will, under these trials; who bore themselves impatiently, and did the Lord despite by complaining against him? (Judith 8, 24)
Be the eyes he casts on me a lure to catch himself, the professions of love I make, his death-blow! (Judith 9, 13)
Then, her plea for the divine succour ended, Judith rose from the ground where she lay prostrate in the Lord’s presence, (Judith 10, 1)
thou hast played a man’s part, and kept thy courage high. Not unrewarded thy love of chastity, that wouldst never take a second husband in thy widowhood; the Lord gave thee firmness of resolve, and thy name shall be ever blessed. (Judith 15, 11)
What power divine crushes the enemy, but the Lord’s great name? (Judith 16, 3)
So the day came when it was the turn of Esther, Abihail’s child, daughter now to his brother Mardochaeus, to be a king’s bride. For her adorning, she had no request to make; let the chamberlain Egeus, since the maidens were under his charge, deck her as he would. But oh, she was fair; she had beauty past all belief, to win men’s favour and their love. (Esther 2, 15)
All this Mardochaeus saw, and rose from his bed still wondering what the divine purpose was; still the vision haunted his mind, and he longed to know what was the meaning of it. (Esther 11, 12)
The sport of ill-chance, how little I love the proud emblem of royalty I must wear before the world! Loathsome to me as the rags we women cast aside, how gladly I tear it from my brow, in this cool hour! (Esther 14, 16)
one breath, one blast of the divine anger withers them quite, and they are gone. (Job 4, 9)
yet for very love of reproof you must be reproving still, all your words wasted on the air. (Job 6, 26)
