 | 1840 - 844 pàgines
...counsels into the hearts of princes, chiefs, or counsellors. "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.) God does not always choose to punish a people by foreign invasion, by pestilence, or... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1840 - 628 pàgines
...to what house or place the owner of it is pleased to order. " 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, without any limitation. He speaks of the heart of princes, because in regard of their... | |
 | George Rogers - 1840 - 410 pàgines
...how can a man then understand his own way V (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.... | |
 | 1876 - 782 pàgines
...longer will prefer that theory which is stated by a wiser man : " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will ; " and if both be mysterious, they will still have a choice for the divine rather than the human. The atomic... | |
 | Christian - 1841 - 998 pàgines
...the day of thy power.' 'Is any thing too hard for the Lord?' ' The king's heart is in the hand of the the word melted your icy heart? Has Take an example : — A Jew was sitting at the receipt of custom, near the gate of Capernaum. His brow... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 546 pàgines
...the continuance of this blessing ; because, as Solomon says, " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And to both these duties we are exhorted by the apostle : " I exhort that, first of all, supplications,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 530 pàgines
...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, " the preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord."... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pàgines
...in a large place. — Ps. cxviii. 5 ; cxxx. 1 ; cxlii. 1, &c. 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. The Church, in her low condition, prays earnestly ; Look down, &c. — Isa. Ixiii.... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 618 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 514 pàgines
...them to mutual peace and harmony. It was a proverb in Israel, " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : He turneth it whithersoever he will." There is a supreme power in every nation ; and the men who possess that power, have the right of making... | |
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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. 
