A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament, with Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, 1805 |
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... heart is fixed , trusting in the Lord . Psalm cxii . 7 . 3. Let us labour to do the duty of every day in its proper course and order . So these Jews did , ch . iii . 4. as the duty of every day required with prudent thought and forecast ...
... heart is fixed , trusting in the Lord . Psalm cxii . 7 . 3. Let us labour to do the duty of every day in its proper course and order . So these Jews did , ch . iii . 4. as the duty of every day required with prudent thought and forecast ...
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... hearts , v . 22. An important truth , which we need to be frequently reminded of : the hearts of kings are in his hands . When we meet with a favourable reception from others , or good success in our business , or respect and kind- ness ...
... hearts , v . 22. An important truth , which we need to be frequently reminded of : the hearts of kings are in his hands . When we meet with a favourable reception from others , or good success in our business , or respect and kind- ness ...
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... heart must be prepared , purified , quickened , and encouraged , and the spirit of God sought ; for the preparation of the heart , and the suc- cess of all our endeavours , are from the Lord . 3. Learn of this heathen prince ...
... heart must be prepared , purified , quickened , and encouraged , and the spirit of God sought ; for the preparation of the heart , and the suc- cess of all our endeavours , are from the Lord . 3. Learn of this heathen prince ...
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... hearts with a sense of his majesty and excellency , and remember that he is a great and terrible God , to be ... heart . Then I was very sore afraid , lest the king should suspect me of some treasonable design , or the courtiers ...
... hearts with a sense of his majesty and excellency , and remember that he is a great and terrible God , to be ... heart . Then I was very sore afraid , lest the king should suspect me of some treasonable design , or the courtiers ...
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... heart to grant my request . And I said unto the king , if it please the king , and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight , that thou wouldst send me unto Judah , unto the 6 city of my father's sepulchres , that I may build it ...
... heart to grant my request . And I said unto the king , if it please the king , and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight , that thou wouldst send me unto Judah , unto the 6 city of my father's sepulchres , that I may build it ...
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affliction Akkub Almighty Babylon Behold Bigvai bless brethren captivity CHAP chief musician children of men Christ comfort commandments creatures David death delight deliver deliverance destroy divine dwell earth Eliashib Eliphaz enemies Esther evil eyes Ezra faithful favour fear friends give glory God's Haman hand happiness Hashabiah Hashum hath hear heart heathen heaven holy honour hope humble iniquity Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Joiarib Judah judgment king king's land Levites live Malchiah mercy Mordecai mouth Neginoth Nehemiah Nethinims ourselves peace praise pray prayer priests princes prosperity psalm REFLECTIONS Rehum rejoice religion remember reproach righteous salvation seek Selah servants Shechaniah Sherebiah sins Song of degrees soul speak spirit strength tabernacle thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought tion trouble trust unto the LORD unto thee upright wicked wilt wisdom worship wrath Zerubbabel Zion
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Page 211 - Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you. For Him will I accept; lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Page 245 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Page 43 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Page 82 - Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether boldest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this...
Page 300 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 370 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments...
Page 219 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 34 - And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven...
Page 415 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 45 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already : neither is it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands and vineyards.