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... prayer of a wise man . From Abraham's allowing Lot the choice of the land , we are taught that self - denial may preserve peace among relatives and friends . " They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare , " was exemplified ...
... prayer of a wise man . From Abraham's allowing Lot the choice of the land , we are taught that self - denial may preserve peace among relatives and friends . " They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare , " was exemplified ...
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... prayed earnestly to . hastened - lest they should be over- whelmed in the ruin of the cities . family - only his wife and two daughters accompanied him ; his daughters ' husbands refused to go . overthrew , & c . — except Zoar , which ...
... prayed earnestly to . hastened - lest they should be over- whelmed in the ruin of the cities . family - only his wife and two daughters accompanied him ; his daughters ' husbands refused to go . overthrew , & c . — except Zoar , which ...
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... praying . loved her husbands are required by the Lord to love their wives . six sons - who all became heads of ... prayer ; it teaches husbands to love their wives ; servants , that they should faithfully perform their obligations to ...
... praying . loved her husbands are required by the Lord to love their wives . six sons - who all became heads of ... prayer ; it teaches husbands to love their wives ; servants , that they should faithfully perform their obligations to ...
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... prayed to with earnestness and gret anxiety . pardon - exempt them from the punish- ment due to idolatry , viz . , death . tabernacle - the Lord's tent before which sacrifices were offered , and the people devoutly worshipped ...
... prayed to with earnestness and gret anxiety . pardon - exempt them from the punish- ment due to idolatry , viz . , death . tabernacle - the Lord's tent before which sacrifices were offered , and the people devoutly worshipped ...
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... prayed to the Lord not to destroy them . God then said they should not go into Canaan , but wander forty years and die in the wilderness , and that their children should possess the land . Joshua and Caleb , the two faithful spies ...
... prayed to the Lord not to destroy them . God then said they should not go into Canaan , but wander forty years and die in the wilderness , and that their children should possess the land . Joshua and Caleb , the two faithful spies ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham Abram Absalom Achish afterwards Ahab Ahaz altar Amaziah Ammonites anointed army Assyria Baasha Babylon Balaam Benhadad Bethel blessed brethren brought called Canaan captive Chron commanded Daniel David death deliverance descendants destroyed died duty Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil EXPLANATIONS faith father favour fear fled GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES God's Haman Hazael Hezekiah honour idolatry idols Isaac Isaiah Ishmael Israelites Jacob Jehoash Jehoiakim Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeremiah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Joash Joseph Joshua Judah king of Israel king of Syria kingdom land Levites Lord Manasseh mercy Moab Moses Mount Nebuchadnezzar Noah Pharaoh Philistines pray prayer PRECEPTIVE LESSONS priests princes promised prophecy prophet punishment QUESTIONS Rehoboam reign reproved Samaria Samson Samuel Saul Saul's sent servants sins slain slew smote Solomon sons Syria temple thou told took tribes unto wicked wife wilderness wisdom words worship Zedekiah
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Page 13 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 111 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 102 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Page 91 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 92 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 77 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Page 81 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD : and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
Page 11 - Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?
Page 64 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 40 - And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.