 | Thomas Bell - Bible - 1780 - 878 pages
...Babylon the great, though now fupported by the kings of the earth, fliall fall. The heart of kings is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters : be turneth it whitherfoever he will, Prov. xxi. i . And, as under his influence, they Jhall, at laft,... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...bluenefs of a wound cleanfeth away evil ; fo An ftripes the inward parts of the belly. C c CHAP. XXI. TH E king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whitherfoever he Will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1792 - 230 pages
...that call upon Thee in their diftrefs, and have none elfe to help them. Prov. xxi. i. The kings 'power is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of waters, he turneth it witherfoever he will. Let this thy power, O Lord, be magnified on his majefty, and on all that are... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - Theology - 1794 - 526 pages
...reprobate's unregenerate nature, produce finful effects. 3. Judicially, or in away of judgment. Prov. xxi. i. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as...rivers of waters ; he turneth it whitherfoever he will : and if the king's heart, why not the hearts of all men ? Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - Theology - 1794 - 502 pages
...The lot is call into the lap : but the whole difpofing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. Even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : and he turneth it, whitherfoever he will. Prov. xxi. i. Odd fort of ielf-deiermination, this... | |
 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 570 pages
...Israel. What more free and arbitrary than the heart, mind, and will of a sovereign despotic prince; yet the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will; as resolute and determined as it may be, it is in the hand... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1798 - 492 pages
...who are acted by him t:'i. ft- cannot feel the leaft touch upon them. For, the kiito-'s >.'«'. "4.' heart is In the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; jer. x. sj. fa turneth it wherefoevcr he will ; that is, by fecret 14. Zl\\\*.k. pipes, by obfcure... | |
 | 1842
...consider with what perfect ease God can sway the minds of men, of every rank and degree. Solomon says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And the Psalmist beautifully represents God as the confidence of all. the ends... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1805 - 316 pages
...the influence of nature itself loses its sway, where it has all right to rule and govern ; but even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as " The rivers of waters he turneth it \vhi" thersoever he will." I was pleased to hear thou wast out on church service. I am per. suaded... | |
 | Ambrose Serle - 1806 - 502 pages
...own wise purpose and design." Serm. before the King and Queen, ix. and xpp 12, and 6. Solomon says, the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turncth it whithersoever he will. Prov. xxi. I. If the heart of kings be thus in the hand... | |
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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. 
