Trouvé 139 Résultats pour: divine promise

• I will also write them kind words and promise them honor and gifts to win them to my side." (1 Maccabees 10, 24)

• Because of the divine intervention, Heliodorus became mute and lost all hope of saving his life. (2 Maccabees 3, 29)

• "If you have some enemy whom you wish to eliminate, send him there and you will see him return well flogged; that is, if he ever returns at all, for surely, divine power is in that place. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)

• For it is not easy to break the divine laws with impunity as the following episodes will show. (2 Maccabees 4, 17)

• So the cowardly and those who had no confidence in divine justice took to flight. (2 Maccabees 8, 13)

• Only when he was beaten by the divine scourge did he begin to shed his arrogance. His pains grew worse, and he realized this was the punishment of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)

• Maccabeus noticed that Nicanor had become more reserved towards him and more unpleasant in their usual meetings, so he understood that this did not promise well. He began to gather some of his men, but did not make this known to Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)

• That night had been foretold to our fathers, and knowing in what promise they trusted, they could rejoice in all surety. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 6)

• A blameless man hastened to their defense. Using the weapons of his sacred office - prayer and atonement incense - he confronted the divine Wrath, putting an end to their affliction, and was thus recognized as your servant. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 21)

• Be willing to listen to all discourses on divine things, and do not let the sayings of the wise escape you. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 35)

• Noah was found to be perfectly just; at the time of divine anger he was the ransom; through him a remnant was left on earth after the flood. (Ecclesiasticus 44, 17)

• The Lord gave him authority to interpret his commandments and utter decisions, to teach Jacob the divine words and enlighten Israel with his Law. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 17)