 | 1822 - 872 pages
...a model for our petitions, buta powerful encouragement to prayer ; for, as we are elsewhere told, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turnetb it whithersoever he will ;" so that our prayers for our monarch thus return upon... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...less amazed at the loving munificence of Ahasuerus, than she was before afraid of his austerity. ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will.' It is not good to swallow favors too greedily ; lest they... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1823 - 512 pages
...I1". 6. . cannot feel the least touch upon them. For, the king's heart Prov. xvi. « § ™ 9. xx. 24. is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; he Tcb xxxffi iurneth it wheresoever he will ; that is, by secret pipes, by '.4. xxiii. obscure channels,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1832 - 590 pages
...no consistent medium, or place of standing. It is such Calvinism as Solomon taught, when he said, " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters; he turneth it whithersoever he will. It is such Calvinvinism as Paul taught, when he said, " Work out jour own salvavation... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1824 - 314 pages
...and to deal subtilly with his servants." In equally plain terms, Solomon declares the same truth. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." And again, " The preparation of the heart in man, and... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. — Ps. cxviii. 5. cxxx. 1 . cxlii. 1, &c. -• The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoevev he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. The Church, in her low condition, prays... | |
 | 1824 - 826 pages
...will serve as examples. " In him we live and move and have our being. The way 58 direct his steps. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he [ will. It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...necessity of urging any further arguments on the subject. The Holy Spirit hath said (Prov. xvi. 1) " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." The following are instances in which God did actually... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...themselves as to all around them ! God would not suffer Laban to hurt Jacob b, or Balaam to curse Israel c. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will d. He withdraweth man from his purpose e. And he sometimes... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...distress : the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. — Ps. cxviii. 5. cxxx. 1. cxlii. 1, &c. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will. — Prov. xxi. 1. The Church, in her low condition, prays... | |
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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. 
