 | Christian life - 1899 - 588 pages
...and weakness. "Not many wise, not many mighty, but the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty." — In dependence and helplessness; unarmed against enemies; in need of sheltering... | |
 | Frances Swiney - Women - 1899 - 336 pages
...to be effected through agents, which he by nature contemned ; the foolish things of the world were to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to bring to naught the things that were mighty. And if one looks back to those lurid pages of history,... | |
 | Lewis Curts - 1900 - 448 pages
...the method God is taking to beat down the pride of philosophy, even by choosing the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and this is agreeable to the method of God's proceedings in the... | |
 | René Maulde-La-Clavière - Feminism - 1901 - 540 pages
...easily shaken, the frailty of your sex is still greater. . . . God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things...the things which are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised, to bring to nought those that are great and of high worth." There... | |
 | Paris Ada Leigh homes - 1889 - 358 pages
...your trust in princes," is a lesson we are still learning. " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things...the things which are mighty. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are."... | |
 | Missions - 1901 - 1012 pages
...example as in the history of Christianity exists— of the way in which God chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound things which are mighty. Armenian Reports from the Atrocities. Armenian provinces come in... | |
 | William Rogers Richards - Election (Theology) - 1905 - 248 pages
...his master up in Philadelphia signing the Declaration. ' For God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,... | |
 | 1885 - 884 pages
...the world is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of our God. He chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound those that were mighty ; and base things and things despised, yea, and things which are not,... | |
 | 818 pages
...worldly pomposity constitute no recommendation to the Divine Being. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and the base things of the world, and things which are despised... | |
 | George Dyre Eldridge - 1908 - 356 pages
..."The Lord hath appointed me to preach the Gospel to mankind. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty. The base things of the world, and things which are despised hath... | |
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God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty... 
