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... thought which belongs to the highest literary style . It is certain that if the array of comments and helps which we associate with Bible study had been applied to the novels and short stories which have such a hold on the rising ...
... thought which belongs to the highest literary style . It is certain that if the array of comments and helps which we associate with Bible study had been applied to the novels and short stories which have such a hold on the rising ...
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... thought . We should look for a reflection of this in our higher education . Unfortunately our educational systems crystallized into their present forms when the Hellenic factor was being unduly empha- sized . They do full justice to ...
... thought . We should look for a reflection of this in our higher education . Unfortunately our educational systems crystallized into their present forms when the Hellenic factor was being unduly empha- sized . They do full justice to ...
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... thought the whole of the Old Testament becomes a unity ; and in this unity the Old Testament joins on to the New . This volume , and the companion volume of the New Testa- ment , have carried one step further than before the underlying ...
... thought the whole of the Old Testament becomes a unity ; and in this unity the Old Testament joins on to the New . This volume , and the companion volume of the New Testa- ment , have carried one step further than before the underlying ...
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... thought as a whole . Enough has been said to explain the arrangement of the present work , which is an interpretation of the arrangement underlying the books of the Old Testament as they have come down to us , freeing the sequence of ...
... thought as a whole . Enough has been said to explain the arrangement of the present work , which is an interpretation of the arrangement underlying the books of the Old Testament as they have come down to us , freeing the sequence of ...
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... thought , He will surely come out to me , and stand , and call on the name of the LORD his God , and wave his hand over the place , and recover the leper . Are not Abanah and Pharpar , the rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters ...
... thought , He will surely come out to me , and stand , and call on the name of the LORD his God , and wave his hand over the place , and recover the leper . Are not Abanah and Pharpar , the rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters ...
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Adversary Ahab antistrophe behold Bible Blessed Book of Ezekiel Book of Job Books of Wisdom brethren bring brought called captivity children of Israel CHORUS cometh commanded covenant Divine doth dwell earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil eyes Ezekiel father fear give glory hand hast thou heard heart heaven holy iniquity Jacob Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jeremiah Jerusalem Joseph Judah judgement kingdom kingdom of Israel Kingdom of Judah land literary LORD hath LORD of hosts lyric mercy endureth midst mighty Moses mountains mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar Old Testament pass Pharaoh poem praise priests prophecy prophet psalm rejoice righteousness saith the LORD salvation Samaria saying SEMICHORUS shalt thou shew Song soul spirit story sword Theocracy thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thy servant tree unto the LORD unto thee vanity voice waters wicked wilderness wilt wisdom word Zion
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Page 437 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 228 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 283 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him ; I will be with him in trouble : I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, And shew him my salvation.
Page 223 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 436 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 117 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 373 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 11 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 228 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 360 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.