 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Prov. 21. 1. The king's heart is [in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he tumeth it whithersoever he will. ' Gen. 45. 7. And God sent me before you to preserve you... | |
 | Christian life - 1827 - 418 pages
...flesh, for the elect's sake, for the gospel's sake, and especially for Christ's sake. Solomon says, " 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.) May he spiritualize our earthly hearts,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...said ye are gods, &c. but ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. --Ps. Ixxxii. 6, 7. 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. If thou seest the oppression of the poor,... | |
 | Religion - 1829 - 396 pages
...blessing will rest upon us. Our hope is not in vain. " By him kings reign, and princes decree justice." " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; and he turnethit whithersoever he will." It is his prerogative to give success or defeat to... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - Providence and government of God - 1829 - 442 pages
...experienced the loving-kindness of the Lord, in " staying his rough wind in the day of his east wind!" " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will."—When the set time had arrived, which had been predicted... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1831 - 538 pages
...'guide their steps,' that even they who are acted by him cannot feel the least touch on them. For, ' the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters; he turneth it wheresoever he will ;' that is, by secret pipes, by obscure channels, God conveyeth the minds and wills... | |
 | John Kendall - Christianity - 1831 - 410 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 lurneth it whithersoever he will." I was pleased to hear thou wast out on church service. I am persuaded... | |
 | Religion - 1831 - 416 pages
...this is but a proper reliance on the direct influence which God can exert on the heart? of rulers. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the risers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." The thoughts and purposes of the mightiest... | |
 | Tresham Dames Gregg - 1832 - 114 pages
...point of view, every thing else would follow as a matter of course. And let us recollect that •' the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters he turneth it whithersoever he will." But how shall he be brought to take these views? This brings me to consider... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...When a man's ways please the Ixird, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Pr. xvi. 7- The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. Pr. xxi. 1. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth ;... | |
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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. 
