 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...king when he reviewed the providences of God towards him *. * Ps. cxix. 65. 71. CHAPTER XXL Verse 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. IT is men's ordinary way to court the favour of princes and great men, as if their happiness depended... | |
 | 1821 - 392 pages
...— " The preparations of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord," Vol. ip 203. "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." P. 386. To these may be added, the passages in which God is said to have sent Joseph into Egypt; to... | |
 | Otis Thompson - 1821 - 156 pages
...'' an effort and refinement," puts a construction upon it, which renders it absurd. Prov. xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he wiil." Here it is asserted, that the king's heart is in the hand, not of some second cause or instrument,... | |
 | 1821 - 400 pages
...— " The preparations of the heart, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." Vol. ip 203. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he torneth it whithersoever he will." P. 386. To these may be added, the passages in which God is said... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...darkness. Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne is upholden by mercy. r 1ST CHAP. XXI. THE king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud... | |
 | Samuel Pelton - 1822 - 294 pages
...of man, and whether He is not the best judge of what wjll be most for his own glory. Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the...rivers of water, He turneth it whithersoever he will. Psalm cv. 25. (of the Egyptians, he saith) He turned their hearts to hate his people ; to deal, subtlely... | |
 | 1839 - 1092 pages
...changeth the times and the seasons : he removeth Kings, and setteth up Kings." The heart of your Sovereign is " in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." In confidence of this, every Christian subject, paying his homage to the earthly throne, will at the... | |
 | 1822 - 872 pages
...a model for our petitions, buta powerful encouragement to prayer ; for, as we are elsewhere told, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turnetb it whithersoever he will ;" so that our prayers for our monarch thus return upon ourselves... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...less amazed at the loving munificence of Ahasuerus, than she was before afraid of his austerity. ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will.' It is not good to swallow favors too greedily ; lest they either choke us in the passage, or prove... | |
 | 1873 - 350 pages
...hearts ; He makes Naaman's servants reprove and advise him ; and He causes Naaman to listen to them. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water : He turneth it whithersoever He will Naaman's servants came near and spoke to him tenderly, respectfully, and urgently : " My father, if... | |
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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. 
