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... Blessings are upon the head of the just . " " There shall no evil happen to the just . " In like manner , he has threat- ened those who depart from justice , as the following texts will show : " The wicked have drawn out the sword , and ...
... Blessings are upon the head of the just . " " There shall no evil happen to the just . " In like manner , he has threat- ened those who depart from justice , as the following texts will show : " The wicked have drawn out the sword , and ...
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... blessings were inherited by his children . They peopled a large portion of the south part of Asia , and the adjacent islands , and for nearly 2000 years they constituted the church of God . But still , as has been before seen , Japheth ...
... blessings were inherited by his children . They peopled a large portion of the south part of Asia , and the adjacent islands , and for nearly 2000 years they constituted the church of God . But still , as has been before seen , Japheth ...
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... blessing . Cyrus , the king of the Persians , in all his power , did not forget to honor his parents . When invited to form a connection with a certain lady , he replied , " I like the lady , her dowry , and family , but I must have ...
... blessing . Cyrus , the king of the Persians , in all his power , did not forget to honor his parents . When invited to form a connection with a certain lady , he replied , " I like the lady , her dowry , and family , but I must have ...
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... blessings crown the head of him who obeys this command . But there are other reasons , which have not yet been mentioned . The first is , that it is the just debt we owe to our parents . From the earliest hours of your infancy , that ...
... blessings crown the head of him who obeys this command . But there are other reasons , which have not yet been mentioned . The first is , that it is the just debt we owe to our parents . From the earliest hours of your infancy , that ...
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... If they do , they will gain the respect of those around them , the love of those they honor , the reward of their own conscience , and the blessing of God . CHAPTER VI . GOVERNING THE TONGUE . " The tongue 72 WAY . THE PLEASANT.
... If they do , they will gain the respect of those around them , the love of those they honor , the reward of their own conscience , and the blessing of God . CHAPTER VI . GOVERNING THE TONGUE . " The tongue 72 WAY . THE PLEASANT.
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Page 124 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 17 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 100 - Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 123 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth...
Page 47 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 120 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 61 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 120 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Page 62 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Page 133 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night : Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God.