The Soul of the Bible: Being Selections from the Old and the New Testaments and the ApocryphaUlysses Grant Baker Pierce American Unitarian Association, 1908 - 532 pages |
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... darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good : and God divided the light from the ...
... darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good : and God divided the light from the ...
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... darkness : and God saw that it was good . And God said , Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created great fishes ...
... darkness : and God saw that it was good . And God said , Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created great fishes ...
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... darkness to them , but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night . And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the waters were divided . And the children of Israel went into the ...
... darkness to them , but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night . And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the waters were divided . And the children of Israel went into the ...
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... darkness . I have surely built thee an house of habitation , a place for thee to dwell in for ever . But will God in very deed dwell on the earth ? Behold , the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this ...
... darkness . I have surely built thee an house of habitation , a place for thee to dwell in for ever . But will God in very deed dwell on the earth ? Behold , the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this ...
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... darkness in the daytime , And grope at noonday as in the night . But the meek he saveth from the sword of their mouth , Even the needy from the hand of the mighty . So the meek hath hope , And iniquity stoppeth her mouth . JOB V Behold ...
... darkness in the daytime , And grope at noonday as in the night . But the meek he saveth from the sword of their mouth , Even the needy from the hand of the mighty . So the meek hath hope , And iniquity stoppeth her mouth . JOB V Behold ...
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Abimelech Amalek Araunah art thou Balaam behold blessed bread brethren brought called children of Israel children of men cometh commandment CORINTHIANS covenant darkness David delivered DEUTERONOMY disciples doeth doth earth ECCLESIASTICUS Egypt evil eyes faith Father fear flesh fruit give giveth glory goeth hand hath hear heard heaven holy Holy Spirit honour iniquity ISAIAH Jerusalem Jews king kingdom knoweth land light Lord hath Lord thy lovingkindness LUKE maketh MATTHEW mercy Midian Moab Moses mouth pass peace Peter Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines praise pray priests prophets PSALM rejoice righteousness saith the Lord saith unto Samuel Saul say unto shalt thou Shechem shew soul spake unto speak Spirit thereof thine heart things thou art thou hast thou shalt thy servant thyself truth unto the Lord unto thee verily voice walk Wherefore wherein wicked wisdom wise word yourselves
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Page 2 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 353 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Page 4 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Page 210 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 16 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 212 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 169 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going...
Page 201 - Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said: — Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Page 173 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 2 - This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.