 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 574 pages
...fertility produced by them in thefe countries, Solomon, I imagine, refers in Prov. xxi. i, where he fays, " The king's heart is in the hand of the " Lord, as the rivers of water," (or as iva~ 1 Lett. 2. p. 46. 4 William Archbifhop of Tyre gives a like account. Gefta Dei, p. 969.... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 362 pages
...heart is in the * Matt. x. 29. ii Sam. ii. 6, 7. ^ Dan. ii. 2i, § Amos iv. 7, Sec. || Prov. xxi. i. hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water* He turneth it whitherfoever he wllh Ambitious and wicked men are often fpoken of as the inftruments of divine providence*,... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...bluenefs of a wound cleanfeth away evil ; fo An ftripes the inward parts of the belly. C c CHAP. XXI. TH E king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whitherfoever he Will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the Lord pondereth the hearts.... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 502 pages
...The lot is call into the lap : but the whole difpofing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. Even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : and he turneth it, whitherfoever he will. Prov. xxi. i. Odd fort of ielf-deiermination, this ! Enemies... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 526 pages
...reprobate's unregenerate nature, produce finful effects. 3. Judicially, or in away of judgment. Prov. xxi. i. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; he turneth it whitherfoever he will : and if the king's heart, why not the hearts of all men... | |
 | John Gill - 1796 - 570 pages
...mouth to curse Israel, God put another word into his mouth ; and instead of cursing, he blessed Israel. What more free and arbitrary than the heart, mind,...turn it as easily as canals of water may be cut by a gardener to water his garden; or as the river Euphrates was cut by Cyrus, and its course diverted,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1798 - 492 pages
...who are acted by him t:'i. ft- cannot feel the leaft touch upon them. For, the kiito-'s >.'«'. "4.' heart is In the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; jer. x. sj. fa turneth it wherefoevcr he will ; that is, by fecret 14. Zl\\\*.k. pipes, by... | |
 | 1842
...consider with what perfect ease God can sway the minds of men, of every rank and degree. Solomon says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And the Psalmist beautifully represents God as the confidence... | |
 | 1805 - 538 pages
...The heart of the king, and conlequently of all men, that is, their will, by which they act freely, is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whitherfoever he will ; that he worketh in men to will and to do, according to his good pleafure ;... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1803 - 408 pages
...and is affected by his power and operation. " The heart of the king," and confequently of all men, " is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it wbitherfocver he wilt." Every thing in the moral world, even the leaft motion and thought of the heart,... | |
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The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 
