 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 pages
...to me, and I will teach you" — " What man is he that desireih Kfe, that he may see good ? — Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile,...'from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous aod his ears are open .to their prayer ; but his free is against... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pages
...sin, or, in the language of Scripture, the forgiveness of sins. Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm cii. 17. He [the Lord] will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1810 - 342 pages
...Lord.'* Peace and holiness are to be pursued after with the greatest eagerness that can be imagined. ' Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.' The Hebrew word that is here rendered seeA, signifies to seek earnestly, vehemently, affectionately, studiously,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 pages
...to me, and I will teach you"^— " What man is he that desireth life, that he may see good ?— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips From speaking guile, depart from evfl atid do good, seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...Great stress is laid upon this humiliation of the soul by the inspired writers. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit," Psalm xxxiv. When Jehovah describes the glory of his Majesty in the sublimest manner, he specifies... | |
 | 1832 - 644 pages
...disciples, and offered up prayer unto God. Remember also, for your comfort, that " the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Accept our blessed Lord in those offices which he is graciously willing to perform to all who truly... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1863 - 604 pages
...man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ?" The answer is — " Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile....evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it." The path of duty is the path of safety, in spiritual no less than in temporal life. God's laws were given... | |
 | 1814 - 786 pages
...fear of Jehovah : What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; Diligently seek § peace, and pursue it. The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, And his ears are... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 730 pages
...her. God promises to be a present, yea, a very present help in time of trouble, and that he is near to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He suffered me to labour and toil in my own strength till I despaired of all help from self, or from... | |
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Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it. 
