 | 1833 - 744 pages
...distinct from the influence of means, but expressly preparatory to the access of this influence. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will." How is this ? Suppose some one should ask, " Does the Lord come,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...thoughts. 8 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. 9 The heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he Trill. . 10 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...above them. He restrains or diverts them by his power when lie does not govern them by his grace. " The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters : he turneth it whithersoever he will." He often permits his people to fall into the greatest... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...lhepeople."tt "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shall thou restrain."}! "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water he turnelh it whithersoever he will."ยงยง A third end proposed, is the promotion of good lo the * I Tim.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 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 charge of turneth it whithersoever he will."t A youth, a stranger, a prisoner, could have no power over the counsels... | |
 | Elizabeth Rice Handford - 1995 - 128 pages
...king who answers to no one, cannot make decisions without God's intervention. Proverbs 21:1 tells us, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will," like the valves of an irrigation ditch turned on or off by the farmer.... | |
 | Ira L. Milligan, Judy Milligan - 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 will be with... | |
 | 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 way.... | |
 | 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 in great... | |
 | Simon Barton, Richard Fletcher - 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 the king with... | |
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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. 
