 | Daniel de Superville - Sermons, English - 1816 - 436 pages
...can consist with the secret impulses and infallible direction of God. Yet we are assured, that a " king's heart is in the hand of the " Lord, as the rivers of water : he turneth it whi" thersoever he will."* Kings, those sovereigns of other men, whose wills give a beginning to so... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 606 pages
...but of the peculiar favour of God displayed in their performing their functions. When he says, that " the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turaeth it (rf) Gen. xliii. 14. («) P»alm cvi. 46. (/) 1 Sam. ri. 6. (y) 2 Sam. xvii. 14. (A) 1 Kings... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...asking, and in the diligent improvement of common grace ! $20. Prov.' x\i. 1. " The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." This shews that the Arrainiaii notion of liberty of will, is inconsistent with the scripture notion... | |
 | William Ward - 1817 - 366 pages
...said to be filled with them : many articles are damaged before they can be used. Proverbs xxi. 1. ' The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord: as the rivers of water [rather, as a water-course] he turneth it whithersoever he will.' This is probably an allusion to the... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 604 pages
...us, and he will deliver us as he sees fit, either by taking him away or changing his heart ; for, " the king's heart is in the hand " of the Lord, as...of water; he turneth it " whithersoever he will." — In one word, let us either deserve good governors, or bear with such as we deserve. Happy are we... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...us, and he will deliver us as he sees fit, either by taking him away or changing his heart; for, " the king's heart is in the hand " of the Lord, as...rivers of water; he turneth it " whithersoever he will."—In one word, let us either deserve good governors, or bear with such. as we deserve. Happy... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - Bible - 1818 - 334 pages
...eyes of him with whom we have to do." And as certainly, all hearts, as well as the king's heart, are in the hand of the Lord : as the rivers of water, he turneththem whithersoever he will." " Thou understandest my thoughts afar off," says the Psalmist.... | |
 | Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...bluenes3 of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. • CHAP. XXI. ur God. 11 If And it came to pass on the 2 Every way of a man is right in his own / eyes : but the LORD pon<iereth the hearts. 3 To do justice... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...grasshoppers ; that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity f. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will8. He Icadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bond of kings,... | |
 | Thomas Andros - Sin - 1820 - 144 pages
...adduced: — "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain." "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turneth it withersoever he will." Prov. xxi, 1. '<He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly 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. 
