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... the Bible your constant companion , and look upon it as a good and wise friend , that , if listened to , will guide you to happiness here , and bliss hereafter . PETER PARLEY . CONTENTS . STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT . Of the X PREFACE .
... the Bible your constant companion , and look upon it as a good and wise friend , that , if listened to , will guide you to happiness here , and bliss hereafter . PETER PARLEY . CONTENTS . STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT . Of the X PREFACE .
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... friends alive ; on the other hand , there was nothing to induce her to stop where she was , but the graves of those she had loved best . She would not ask her daughters - in - law to go with her , because she felt she could offer them ...
... friends alive ; on the other hand , there was nothing to induce her to stop where she was , but the graves of those she had loved best . She would not ask her daughters - in - law to go with her , because she felt she could offer them ...
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... friends of her youth ; for , after a short time , Boaz , the rich man , in whose field she had gleaned , took her for his wife . OF THE PROPHET SAMUEL . THERE are few of you who have not heard of the prophet Samuel , and of his early ...
... friends of her youth ; for , after a short time , Boaz , the rich man , in whose field she had gleaned , took her for his wife . OF THE PROPHET SAMUEL . THERE are few of you who have not heard of the prophet Samuel , and of his early ...
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... friendship with Jonathan , the son of the king ; they loved one another as if they had been brothers , and indeed became so warmly attached , that one would have laid down his life for the other . This was a great comfort to David , who ...
... friendship with Jonathan , the son of the king ; they loved one another as if they had been brothers , and indeed became so warmly attached , that one would have laid down his life for the other . This was a great comfort to David , who ...
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... friend Jonathan also , was always ready to speak for him , and to intercede in his behalf ; yet , for all this , the jealousy of Saul was so deeply rooted , that he took every opportunity , not merely of showing his dislike to him , but ...
... friend Jonathan also , was always ready to speak for him , and to intercede in his behalf ; yet , for all this , the jealousy of Saul was so deeply rooted , that he took every opportunity , not merely of showing his dislike to him , but ...
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Page 132 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 97 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 20 - This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 116 - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Page 135 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Page 105 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel 1 may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Page 110 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 106 - And he said unto him, went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
Page 22 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 124 - And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.