 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 574 Seiten
...fertility produced by them in thefe countries, Solomon, I imagine, refers in Prov. xxi. i, where he fays, " The king's heart is in the hand of the " Lord, as the rivers of water," (or as iva~ 1 Lett. 2. p. 46. 4 William Archbifhop of Tyre gives a like account. Gefta Dei, p. 969.... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 362 Seiten
...heart is in the * Matt. x. 29. ii Sam. ii. 6, 7. ^ Dan. ii. 2i, § Amos iv. 7, Sec. || Prov. xxi. i. hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water* He turneth it whitherfoever he wllh Ambitious and wicked men are often fpoken of as the inftruments of divine providence*,... | |
 | 1788 - 598 Seiten
...bluenefs of a wound cleanfeth away evil ; fo An ftripes the inward parts of the belly. C c CHAP. XXI. TH E king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whitherfoever he Will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the Lord pondereth the hearts.... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 502 Seiten
...The lot is call into the lap : but the whole difpofing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. Even the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : and he turneth it, whitherfoever he will. Prov. xxi. i. Odd fort of ielf-deiermination, this ! Enemies... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 526 Seiten
...reprobate's unregenerate nature, produce finful effects. 3. Judicially, or in away of judgment. Prov. xxi. i. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; he turneth it whitherfoever he will : and if the king's heart, why not the hearts of all men... | |
 | John Gill - 1796 - 570 Seiten
...Israel. What more free and arbitrary than the heart, mind, and will of a sovereign despotic prince; yet the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the...rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will; as resolute and determined as it may be, it is in the hand of God; and it is in his power to turn it... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1798 - 492 Seiten
...who are acted by him t:'i. ft- cannot feel the leaft touch upon them. For, the kiito-'s >.'«'. "4.' heart is In the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters ; jer. x. sj. fa turneth it wherefoevcr he will ; that is, by fecret 14. Zl\\\*.k. pipes, by... | |
 | 1842
...consider with what perfect ease God can sway the minds of men, of every rank and degree. Solomon says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters : he turneth it whithersoever he will." And the Psalmist beautifully represents God as the confidence... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1803 - 408 Seiten
...and is affected by his power and operation. " The heart of the king," and confequently of all men, " is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it wbitherfocver he wilt." Every thing in the moral world, even the leaft motion and thought of the heart,... | |
 | 1805 - 538 Seiten
...The heart of the king, and conlequently of all men, that is, their will, by which they act freely, is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water ; he turneth it whitherfoever he will ; that he worketh in men to will and to do, according to his good pleafure ;... | |
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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. 
