Daily Bible illustrations, original readings. Evening series, Volumen2

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Página 216 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding have all they that do his commandments." He whose knowledge of divine truth is merely theoretical, resembles , the ill-assorted image of Nebuchadnezzar, whose head was of fine gold, but his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Página 142 - let us heed well the words he uttered : ' Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of thy book which Thou hast written.
Página 153 - dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure. His eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Página 38 - I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices : But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Página 355 - life as one of progress—progress in knowledge, holiness, and grace. The Psalmist compares the course of the sun to a race : ' The sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race,
Página 290 - Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon.' And the Lord heard him, for 'the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.' But the sun does not revolve around the earth, but the earth around the sun.
Página 37 - been the common appellation of the God of the patriarchs, the question of Moses, ' Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Página 218 - answer was worthy of a prophet of the Lord, but only shows that his perception of duty was clear enough to leave him without excuse: ' If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
Página 387 - conditions •which the rich olive or the fruitful vine would not have exacted: ' If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.' The terse and biting application of this
Página 65 - They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.

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