pronađen 14 Rezultati za: preferred

  • He said of Asher: "May Asher be blessed among the sons. May he be preferred to his brothers and let him put his feet in oil. (Deuteronomy 33, 24)

  • They preferred to die rather than to make themselves unclean with those foods (prohibited by the Law) that violated the Holy Covenant. (1 Maccabees 1, 63)

  • the wicked Jason sent as envoys some "citizens of Antioch" from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he entrusted to them three hundred drachmas of silver allotted for the sacrifice to Hercules. When these envoys came, they decided that it was not fitting to spend the money on the sacrifice, but preferred to spend it on other things. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)

  • But he preferred to die honorably than to live in disgrace, and voluntarily came to the place where they beat him to death. He spit out bravely the piece of meat, (2 Maccabees 6, 19)

  • But he preferred to make a noble decision worthy of his age, of his noble years, of his shining white hair, and of the irreproachable life he had led from childhood. Above all, showing respect for the holy laws established by God, he answered that he would rather be sent to the place of the dead. And he added, (2 Maccabees 6, 23)

  • He preferred to die bravely rather than fall into the hands of foreigners and suffer insults unworthy of his noble birth. (2 Maccabees 14, 42)

  • The patient man is to be preferred to the hero; better the man who masters himself than the conqueror of cities. (Proverbs 16, 32)

  • I preferred her to scepters and thrones and I considered wealth as nothing compared with her. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 8)

  • I preferred her to any jewel of inestimable value, since gold beside her is nothing but a few grains of sand, and silver but mud. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 9)

  • I loved her more than wealth and beauty and even preferred her to light, because her radiance never dies. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 10)

  • Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who sent his angel to free his servants who, trusting in him, disobeyed the king's order and preferred to give their bodies to the fire rather than serve and worship any other god but their God. (Daniel 3, 95)

  • They preferred to be approved by people rather than by God. (John 12, 43)


“Se precisamos ter paciência para suportar os defeitos dos outros, quanto mais ainda precisamos para tolerar nossos próprios defeitos!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina