 | 1824 - 594 pàgines
...oppressive and subtile treatment of the Children of Israel: "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, He turneth it whithersoever He will." But, who ever doubted the freedom or accountability of kings? If we do any thing voluntarily and heartily,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1825 - 596 pàgines
...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 favours too greedily, lest they either choke us in the passage, or prove... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pàgines
...ci^"/,^' stripes the inward parts of the belly. PROVERBS XXI. 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. K ch. «is 2 g Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 h... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 686 pàgines
...restraining second causes to such and such effects : ' even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will ;' Prov. xxi. 1. First, His sustentation or upholding of all things, is his powerful continuing of... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pàgines
...beyond the expectation of all, as that was when it took place. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. If we do not adopt this sentiment, and apply it to explain this affair, we have a mystery in the fact... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pàgines
...dried up all the rivers of besieged places. Proverbs, xxi. 1. The king's heart is in the hands of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. " Rivers of water;"—rather " water-course." After all the ingenuity bestowed on these and similar... | |
 | 1827 - 418 pàgines
...gospel's sake, and especially for Christ's sake. Solomon says, " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will," (Prov. xxi. 1.) May he spiritualize our earthly hearts, expand our selfish hearts, and warm our cold... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pàgines
...like men, and fall like one of the princes. --Ps. Ixxxii. 6, 7. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and... | |
 | William Ladd - 1831 - 890 pàgines
...surely able to give safety. " The king's heart," however proud and warlike, " Is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And did he not fulfil this promise to ancient Israel .' " Neither shall an}- man desire thy land, when... | |
 | 1832 - 736 pàgines
...does control at pleasure the moral actions of his creatures. The king's heart is in the hand of (he Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The way of 'man is not in himself ; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The heart of... | |
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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. 
