 | 1837 - 912 pàgines
...will be promoted and ensured ; and holy writ teaches us that ' the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will.* — (Prov. xxi.) " This is, my beloved, true Christian obedience to the ruler appointed by God. Lay... | |
 | 1837 - 676 pàgines
...will be promoted and ensured : and holy writ teaches us that ' the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will.'— (Prov. xxi.) " 'Honour the king,' exclaims the Apostle Peter to all believers, honour the king, for... | |
 | Lyman Matthews - 1837 - 410 pàgines
...but expressly preparatory to the access of this influence. 'The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will.' How is this ? Suppose some one should ask, ' Does the Lord come, and take right hold of the king's... | |
 | John Dick - 1838 - 564 pàgines
...have their being : and from many declarations of Scripture. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will ;"J and the same thing may surely be said of the subject of kings. That his Providence is concerned... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1838 - 212 pàgines
...disobedience ? God is spoken of, as turning the hearts of men. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." * Ezekiel xxxvi. 27. Isaiah Ixi. 11. •f I. Kings viii. 57.8. Psalm cxix. 3G and cxli. 4. Turning... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1838 - 212 pàgines
...disobedience ? God is spoken of, as turning the hearts of men. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." * Ezekiel xxxvi. 27. Isaiah )xi. 11. •t I. Kings viii. 57. 8. Psalm cxix. 36 and cxli. 4. Turning... | |
 | Samuel Horatio Stearns - 1838 - 436 pàgines
...free Spirit." It was one of the proverbs of Solomon, that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." When God foretold, by Ezekiel, to the dispersed Jews, that he would gather them from all countries,... | |
 | George Rogers - 1839 - 396 pàgines
...how can a man then understand his own way ?" (Ib. xx. 24.) " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." (Ib. xxi. 1.) "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.." (Ib.... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pàgines
...evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXI. TH E king's heart is in the hand of the dle 0x1dad9a19c0 at pos 16884236 '2 a Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 bTo do justice... | |
 | Henry George SALTER - 1840 - 584 pàgines
...of God, that God may be " all in all" therein. 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. The simile here employed is taken from the method of watering gardens in the East, by means of small... | |
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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. 
