Fondare 365 Risultati per: Divine Promises
the very men whose lives he held so cheap had now, by divine aid, humbled him to the dust. Robe of office he must lay by, and slink by country ways all unattended to Antioch. A fine homecoming, this, with the loss of a whole army! (2 Maccabees 8, 35)
And now, in a great taking of rage, he would make the Jews suffer for the ignominy of his own defeat; on, on his chariot must be driven, and never a halt in the journey, with the divine vengeance ever at his heels. Had he not boasted, Jerusalem was his goal, and he would bury the Jewish race under the ruins of it? (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
Stay, he would become a Jew himself, would go the rounds of earth, proclaiming everywhere the divine power! (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
And now the followers of Machabaeus, after prayer made for the divine assistance, delivered an attack upon the Edomite strongholds. (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
Yet good sense he lacked not; great loss he had sustained, and, let the Hebrews continue to rely for aid upon divine Omnipotence, he saw there was no conquering them. So he wrote, (2 Maccabees 11, 13)
The gifts I bring with me are riches and honour, princely state and the divine favour. (Proverbs 8, 18)
Idle hand, empty purse; riches come of hard work. (Who trusts in false promises, throws his food to the winds; as well may he chase bird in flight.✻ ) (Proverbs 10, 4)
Rash promises can stab the heart with remorse;✻ wise words bring healing. (Proverbs 12, 18)
His own path man scans, and nothing sees amiss, but the divine balance weighs our thoughts; (Proverbs 16, 2)
Scale and balance are emblems of the Lord’s own justice; no weight in the merchant’s wallet but is of divine fashioning. (Proverbs 16, 11)
His own path man scans, and nothing sees amiss, but the divine balance weighs our thoughts. (Proverbs 21, 2)
All God’s promises are like metal tested in the fire; he is the sure defence of all who trust in him.✻ (Proverbs 30, 5)
