Löydetty 421 Tulokset: Power Struggle
Thus he who previously, in his superhuman presumption, thought he could command the waves of the sea, and imagined he could weigh the mountaintops in his scales, was now thrown to the ground and had to be carried on a litter, clearly manifesting to all the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
Besides all this, he would become a Jew himself and visit every inhabited place to proclaim there the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
He did not take God's power into account at all, but felt exultant confidence in his myriads of foot soldiers, his thousands of horsemen, and his eighty elephants. (2 Maccabees 11, 4)
Timothy himself fell into the hands of the men under Dositheus and Sosipater; but with great cunning, he asked them to spare his life and let him go, because he had in his power the parents and relatives of many of them, and could make these suffer. (2 Maccabees 12, 24)
In the excitement of the struggle he failed to strike exactly. So while the troops rushed in through the doors, he gallantly ran up to the top of the wall and with manly courage threw himself down into the crowd. (2 Maccabees 14, 43)
Encouraged by Judas' noble words, which had power to instill valor and stir young hearts to courage, the Jews determined not to delay, but to charge gallantly and decide the issue by hand-to-hand combat with the utmost courage, since their city and its temple with the sacred vessels were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
Fighting with their hands and praying to God with their hearts, they laid low at least thirty-five thousand, and rejoiced greatly over this manifestation of God's power. (2 Maccabees 15, 27)
At this, everyone looked toward heaven and praised the Lord who manifests his divine power, saying, "Blessed be he who has kept his own Place undefiled!" (2 Maccabees 15, 34)
Refuse no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. (Proverbs 3, 27)
So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's power: Go, hurry, stir up your neighbor! (Proverbs 6, 3)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who make it a friend shall eat its fruit. (Proverbs 18, 21)
Any man to whom God gives riches and property, and grants power to partake of them, so that he receives his lot and finds joy in the fruits of his toil, has a gift from God. (Ecclesiastes 5, 18)
