Talált 334 Eredmények: Wise Counsel
Thus dreamt I, the great king Nabuchodonosor. Make haste, Baltassar, and read me the riddle; wise man was none in my kingdom that could tell me the meaning of it, but thou hast the spirit of the holy gods in thee; thou canst unravel it. (Daniel 4, 15)
With a loud cry, he bade them summon the wise men of Babylon, sage and astrologer and diviner; and to these he made proclamation: Who reads me yonder writing, and tells me the meaning of it, shall go clad in purple, a gold chain about his neck, and hold the third place in my kingdom. (Daniel 5, 7)
But when they came into the banqueting-hall, never a wise head among them could read the characters, nor tell the king what they meant; (Daniel 5, 8)
One man thou hast in thy realm the holy gods inspire; in thy father’s time, good proof he gave of the wisdom and learning that were his. Did not thy father, king Nabuchodonosor, put him at the head of his wise men one and all, sage nor wizard nor astrologer nor soothsayer to match him? In such renown thy royal father held him, my lord king; (Daniel 5, 11)
counsellors a few that give right counsel to many. Crippled they shall be for a while, by sword and flame, by prison and plunder; (Daniel 11, 33)
What if some of them should fall, those wise counsellors? Assayed let them be for a little, sifted, purged for a little; there shall be happier times yet. (Daniel 11, 35)
Bright shall be the glory of wise counsellors, as the radiance of the sky above; starry-bright for ever their glory, who have taught many the right way. (Daniel 12, 3)
and still there shall be chosen souls a many, that are purged by the fire’s assaying, and still there are sinners that will not leave their sinning. The riddle, for these others, a riddle must remain, but wise counsellors there be that will find the clue to it. (Daniel 12, 10)
already the sword is let loose in those towns of his, the brave shall engulf, the wise shall devour. (Hosea 11, 6)
All this the wise discern, the thoughtful understand; straight paths the Lord has shewn us for his friends to walk in; who leaves them shall stumble to his ruin. (Hosea 14, 10)
Ill looks he will earn at yonder city gate, that finds fault; the wise word, there, is a thing abominable. (Amos 5, 10)
And this was his counsel to Amos, Sir prophet, get thee gone; in Juda take refuge if thou wilt, and there earn thy living by prophecy. (Amos 7, 12)
