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... eyes of the Lord are over the righteous , and his ears are open unto their prayers ; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil . " ( 1 Pet . iii . 10-12 . ) Let us attend , then , to the piety and to the happy estate of Job ...
... eyes of the Lord are over the righteous , and his ears are open unto their prayers ; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil . " ( 1 Pet . iii . 10-12 . ) Let us attend , then , to the piety and to the happy estate of Job ...
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... eyes to every gilded lure of sin . The one thought , “ Thou God seest me , " was his safeguard and his stimulus . This impelled him to prompt and ready obedience to every divine command . This made him steadfast in his uprightness , and ...
... eyes to every gilded lure of sin . The one thought , “ Thou God seest me , " was his safeguard and his stimulus . This impelled him to prompt and ready obedience to every divine command . This made him steadfast in his uprightness , and ...
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... protection of the injured . " When the ear heard me , " he says , " then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me , it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried , and the fatherless , and him 24 JOB'S HAPPY ESTATE .
... protection of the injured . " When the ear heard me , " he says , " then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me , it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried , and the fatherless , and him 24 JOB'S HAPPY ESTATE .
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... eyes to the blind , and feet was I to the lame . I was a father to the poor .... And I brake the jaws of the wicked , and plucked the spoil out of his teeth . " We are further told that Job's outward lot was as happy as his character ...
... eyes to the blind , and feet was I to the lame . I was a father to the poor .... And I brake the jaws of the wicked , and plucked the spoil out of his teeth . " We are further told that Job's outward lot was as happy as his character ...
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... eyes . If his religion has simply taught him this one lesson , in whatsoever state he is , therewith to be content , it has done much to establish and confirm his earthly happiness . For " godliness with contentment is great gain . " It ...
... eyes . If his religion has simply taught him this one lesson , in whatsoever state he is , therewith to be content , it has done much to establish and confirm his earthly happiness . For " godliness with contentment is great gain . " It ...
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Page 235 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder ; Then did he see it, and declare it ; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 180 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 305 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou hast understanding.
Page 269 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Page 306 - And set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 226 - Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Page 170 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 267 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 64 - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation...
Page 99 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.