 | 1827 - 548 pages
...argument, it is proper to say, that it wants practical proof. We have high authority for saying, that " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Every man sees this truth exemplified in his ordinary intercourse with society. Who among... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...: " Commit thy ways unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established," Prov. xvi. 3. Again : " When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him," ver. 7. He also observes : " A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine," Eccl. viii. 1. Which... | |
 | Oliver Heywood - 1827 - 634 pages
...all this evil come upon me ? If God be for me, why are men against me ? Hath not God said, that if a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him ? Surely something must be amiss, else God would not thus have permitted the devil and his... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1827 - 634 pages
...all this evil come upon me ? If God be for me, why are men against me ? Hath not God said, that if a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him ? Surely something must be amiss, else God would not thus have permitted the devil and his... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 476 pages
...wonderfully blessed and prospered; so that the saying of the wisest of kings was signally verified to them, "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi. 7. Tin- benefits, advantages, and favour, we have experienced by our dependence... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...hand 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 7 shall not prosper. 13 11 But Je with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 9 A man's heart... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...— Prov. xi. 11. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour. — Prov. xii. 26. Ps. xvi. 3. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. — Prov. xvi. 7. • The righteous are bold as a lion. — Prov. xxviii. 1. The woman, whose... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1829 - 358 pages
...it by the present state of society. In the review of this portion of Scripture, we may well enquire with the apostle, whether these things were intended...the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi. 7. Various are the passages in the Holy Scriptures, which emphatically declare... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 pages
...raises up enemies for the trial and exercise of good men, if their case require it. We are told, that "when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Whence it follows, that if his enemies disturb him, this may happen, because there is something... | |
 | Margaret Woods - 1829 - 528 pages
...the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, and that he will answer according to his wisdom and good pleasure. " When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him."* He can turn all hearts at his pleasure, as a raw turneth the water-courses in his field;... | |
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When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 
