Trouvé 1275 Résultats pour: Lie
Ay, miscreant, he said with his last breath, of this present life it lies in thy power to rob us; but he, who is ruler of the whole world, he, for whose laws we perish, will raise us up again, and to life everlasting. (2 Maccabees 7, 9)
Now turn we to Judas Machabaeus and his company. Secretly they made entry into the villages, whence they summoned both kinsman and friend of theirs; ay, and rallied many more, that were yet true to the Jewish faith, till they had mustered an army of six thousand men. (2 Maccabees 8, 1)
how they fought the Galatians at Babylon, with Macedonian allies whose heart failed them at the encounter, and six thousand Jews, alone but for heaven’s aid, made havoc of a hundred and twenty thousand men, much to the common advantage.✻ (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
But all to no avail; the vengeance of God, well earned, had overtaken him, and find relief he might not. So now, despairing of that, he wrote to the Jews in very humble fashion, as here follows.✻ (2 Maccabees 9, 18)
Then they armed for battle, Machabaeus himself the first of all, as he summoned the rest to share with him the hour of danger, for the relief of their brethren. (2 Maccabees 11, 7)
Such trust the defenders had in the strength of their ramparts, and their plentiful supplies of food, they carried themselves recklessly, hurling taunts at Judas, with blasphemies and other talk little fit to be uttered. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
The watchword he gave them was, Victory lies with God; and now, choosing out the best of his fighting men, he made a night attack upon the royal quarters. Four thousand men they slew in the camp, and the greatest of all the elephants, with the crew that rode him, (2 Maccabees 13, 15)
As for the Jews, when they heard Nicanor was on the march, with all this rabble of alien folk, they cast earth on their heads and betook themselves to prayer. Was it not God’s appointment, his people he should evermore preserve? Was he not wont to protect them with signal marks of his favour? (2 Maccabees 14, 15)
Duty and right and honour thou shalt discern, and see ever where the best course lies, (Proverbs 2, 9)
fearlessly thou shalt lie down to rest, and enjoy untroubled sleep; (Proverbs 3, 24)
Here lies the road to wisdom, here is the path that will bring thee straight to thy goal; (Proverbs 4, 11)
Rest they never without some ill deed done; some traveller’s feet must stumble, or they lie sleepless on their beds; (Proverbs 4, 16)
