 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...as a 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies burning lire. 28 A froward man soweth strife : and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 712 pages
...depresseth us, as he pleases, in the judgments and affections of men. When a marts waysfrov.vr\.i. please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him, saith the Wise Man ; that is, he disposeth the most averse minds to love and honour him.... | |
 | 1832 - 460 pages
...wonderfully blessed and prospered; so that the saying of the wisest of kings was signally verified to them, "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even...his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi. 7. The benefits, advantages, and favour, we have experienced by our dependence on, and connection will... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1831 - 352 pages
...this is confirmed by other Scripture authorities, and by the experience of the disciples of Christ. "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. 16. 7. Various are the passages, in the Holy Scriptures, which emphatically declare the power and protecting... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 pages
...is the lesson of our Divine Master ; and if enabled to attain this lesson, often will you find that when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. O that the Redeemer's bequest to his Church may be yours : My peace I leave with you, my... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...brother, hie heart was softened upon the road, and he fell upon Jacob's neck, kissed him, and wept. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." IV. It is worthy of our notice, HOW NEHEM1AИ SPEAKS OF THE OOVERNGR OF ONE HÜNDRJtD AND... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1831 - 722 pages
...honour simply and consistently, are unexpectedly rewarded, in the end, by the good opinion of men. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." 3 Enable us, O Lord, through " honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report,"... | |
 | William Ladd - 1831 - 890 pages
...general declarations ; •' It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." " When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." " Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on huríes, and trust in chariots... | |
 | Job Scott - 1831 - 600 pages
...will preserve them; or how he will confound their enemies; but they believe the declaration, that " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Though for a season he may suffer the wrath of the wicked to rise up against him, and threaten... | |
 | George Bush - 1831 - 484 pages
...in Jacob to recognise an overruling Providence in such an unexpected result. Prov. 16. 7, ' When t man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.' What did Esau say on seeing the women and children, arid how was he answered 1 v. 5. ' Who... | |
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When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 
