Trouvé 835 Résultats pour: Kingdom Of Heaven
to worship one God only, the God of heaven. He it was bade them remove thence, and dwell in Charan. At a time when famine overspread the world, they took refuge in Egypt; and there, when four hundred years had passed,✻ they had grown so numerous that there was no counting the muster of them. (Judith 5, 9)
To these, as they fled, the God of heaven opened a path through the sea, whose waves stood firm as a wall to right and left while they marched across its floor dry-shod; (Judith 5, 12)
there from brackish fountains fresh water sprang, there, for forty years, heaven itself sent them nourishment. (Judith 5, 15)
Even then, did they but repent of their revolt from his allegiance, the God of heaven would give them strength to resist their assailants. (Judith 5, 19)
in what angry fashion Holofernes had given orders for his surrender to Israel, only so that he too, in the hour of their defeat, might be doomed to execution; and of all the punishments he was threatened with, only for saying, They have the God of heaven to defend them. (Judith 6, 13)
Lord, they cried, God of heaven and earth, leave not this insolence unregarded, our distress unrelieved, the prayer of thy chosen servants unheeded! Give proof, now, that those who trust in thee are never forsaken, that the presumptuous, who boast of their own strength, are ever brought low! (Judith 6, 15)
We adjure you by heaven and earth, and by the God of our fathers, who now takes such vengeance on us for our sins, to surrender the town to Holofernes’ army. If we must die, let it be a swift death at the sword’s point, not a lingering death from this parching thirst. (Judith 7, 17)
Blessed be the Lord, maker of heaven and earth, for sending thee out to wound the head of our arch-enemy. (Judith 13, 24)
and was firmly established on the throne of his kingdom, with the city of Susan for his capital. (Esther 1, 2)
Why, Esther, said he, what is thy errand? Ask me for half my kingdom, and it is thine. (Esther 5, 3)
Deep drank the king that day, and said to Esther, What wouldst thou? Tell me what thy desire is? Be it half my kingdom, it shall not be denied thee. (Esther 5, 6)
And once again, his heart warmed by drinking, Assuerus would know what Esther’s mind might be; what was it she would have? Half of his kingdom should be hers for the asking. (Esther 7, 2)
