 | Religion - 1834 - 496 pages
...time, the Lord interposed in a way which left no doubt of his hand being in the work. He showed that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, and he turneth it about whithersoever he will." Joseph stands before Pharaoh the approved interpreter,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - 604 pages
...possibility of sach a preference ; but with this she had nothing to do : she knew that it was written, " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will." As the handmaid of Jehovah, she was at his disposal, and... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...the prediction ; and it is an awful and affecting illustration of the observation of the wise man, em that are in Christ Jesus." " Who shall lay any thing to the water : he turneth it whithersoever he will."t A youth, a stranger, a prisoner, could have no power... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - American essays - 1834 - 686 pages
...many devices in a man's heart ; nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand ;"t that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will ;"t and that " his counsel shall stand, and he will do... | |
 | Tyler Thacher - Free will and determinism - 1834 - 230 pages
...the earth." "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth." " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whithersoever he will." He turned the hearts of the Egyptians to hate his people,... | |
 | Chris Fitter - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 358 pages
...ecological description. Isaiah 5.1-7 describes the steps in construction of a vineyard. The Proverb : The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever he will derives from field irrigation.29 Proverbs 20.4 refers to... | |
 | Ira L. Milligan, Judy Milligan - Christian life - 1997 - 541 pages
...(Ezekiel 47:5). But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream (Amos 5:24). The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will (Proverbs 21:1). When thou passest through the waters, I... | |
 | Tom Williams - 2000 - 108 pages
...the entire amount! I don't know how much his bill would have been, but I do know that the Bible says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will" (Prov. 21:1). God had again intervened for us in a tremendous... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 108 pages
...4:32). For His purpose, God moves kings and empires as well as individuals. As Proverbs 21:1 says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it withersoever he will." So the plans of God for the future are often prophesied... | |
 | Simon Barton, Richard Fletcher - History - 2000 - 300 pages
...his guilt. The king received him peacefully and spoke fine words to him, for as the holy author says: 'The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water.'"'' The count stayed at the king's palace in great honour for many days; afterwards he asked... | |
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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. 
