 | 1830 - 614 pages
...struggling to regain the terra firma he had left, closes over his head, and entombs him yet alive. " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Give not thy strength, O youth, to these... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...dependence on their own wisdom. Believing the humiliating declaration of the prophet Jeremiah, — " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps," — they dare not rely on their own judgment,... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 23 IT O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: if is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...lears, and joys, and sorrows, which have excited and influenced him ; and not be compelled to say, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct bis steps." Lastly, revelation. Here we have the testimony... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...grass. 18 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever. ^[19 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 20 Man doth not live by bread only; but... | |
 | Thomas Watson - Sermons, English - 1833 - 794 pages
...man hath power of himself to resist a temptation, further than God gives him strength, Jar. x. 23, " O Lord, 'I know that the way of man is not in himself!" If Peter who had true grace, and Adam who had perfect grace, could not stand against temptation,... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1833 - 230 pages
...the Lord, that shall stand." " A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps." " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." " Man's goings are of the Lord : how can... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 372 pages
...true ground of safety lies in divine guidance and teaching, and the careful study of God's word. ' O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.' ' O send out thy light and thy truth,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1837 - 428 pages
...of health, Times of penury and wealth, Times of trial and of grief, Times of triumph and relief." " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." — Jer., x.,23. In meditating on these... | |
 | 1836 - 804 pages
...&c. " And Jeremiah x. after he had complained of the desolation of Israel, turns to God suddenly, " O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, &c." — Fourthly, hy frequent wishes of the people's good, and joying therein, though he... | |
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O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 
