| Thomas Boston - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...the creature, and the most casual things, fall under the divine decree. Free acts, as Prov. xx. 1 . ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will.' To this purpose are the foresaid instances of the Jews, Pharaoh, and Joseph's brethren. — The most... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...any time have, to employ their superior abilities, in promoting the happiness of mankind. We read, "the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will." And we are told, "tke preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord."... | |
| 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...goings are of the Lord : how ean a man understand his own way ?" Just after this he observes again, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersocver he will." And the apostle Paul plainly taught, that God guides and governs all the frce... | |
| James Wilson - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...by the interposition of divine agency. But while so suspended, responsibility is also suspended. " The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whethersoever he will. " (Proverbs xxi, i.) As rivers of water are turned not by moral, but by natural... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." And we read again, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Pharaoh, as a man and as a king, was just as much dependent on God, as other men and other kings. His... | |
| 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 614
...blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXI. 1 HE king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...scriptures which speak of intelligent creatures, as under the influence of providence. Thus it is said, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turncth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I know that... | |
| 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 294
...will. The kingdom is the, Lord's: and he is the Governor among the nations. The king's heart is ifl the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into... | |
| William Ward - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course} he turneth it withersoever he will." This is probably an allusion to the... | |
| 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...book reflects clear light upon that very important and comfortable text contained in Pi-ov. xxi, 1, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of rvater : he lurneth it whithersoever he •mill. This does not mean, that the hearts of kings, to the... | |
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