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Page 190 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Page 182 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 190 - Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Page 177 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 70 - Every man has a right to do what he will with his own...
Page 189 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 183 - It might be curious to ascertain by what magical process these felicitous sisters have expelled from their thrifty housewifery that busy mischievous principle of all evil in the domestic economy of the
Page 212 - God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him...
Page 145 - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?