| Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...their opinion is founded chiefly, I think, upon some expressions in this eighth chapter. As ver. 15, " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, and all the judges of the earth :" And especially those words in ver. 22, 23 : " The Lord possessed... | |
| Henry Handley Norris - 1839 - 310 pages
...are sometimes permitted by God to reign: thus interpreting the passage of the Book of Proverbs — " By me kings reign and princes decree justice: by me princes rule and nobles, even all the judges of the earth" (c. 8. v. 15, 16.) And every prince in Christendom must be reckoned among... | |
| Henry Drummond - Christian ethics - 1839 - 236 pages
...every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God." (Rom. xiii. 1.) " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." (Prov. viii. 15, 16.) " God changeth the times and the seasons : he removeth... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1839 - 246 pages
...give strength unto all," 1 Chron. xxix. 12. 2. All derive their moral power and authority from God. " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth," says the essential Wisdom of the Father, Prov. viii. 15, 16. [3.] The... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...froward mouth, do I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom : I am understanding ; I have strength. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I love them that love me ; and those that seek me early shall find me.... | |
| Henry Handley Norris - 1839 - 312 pages
...permitted by God to reign: thus interpreting the passage of the Book of Proverbs — "Byrne Icings reign and princes decree justice: by me princes rule and nobles, even all the judges of the earth" (c. 8. v. 15, 16.) And every prince in Christendom must be reckoned among... | |
| Thomas Wemyss - Bible - 1840 - 536 pages
...signifies the possessor of the supreme power, whether lodged in one or more persons. Prov. viii. 15, 16. " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice, By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." It also frequently signifies a succession of kings. And king and kingdom... | |
| First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - Congregational churches - 1840 - 548 pages
...direction, which Wisdom gives to civil rulers, kings, princes, and inferior or subordinate judges ; " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice ; by me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." Prov. viii. 15, 16. And then also Wisdom is commended from the manifestation... | |
| THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...the possessor of the supreme power, whether lodged in one or more persons. Prov. viii. 15, 16. , " By me kings reign, and princes decree justice, By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." It also frequently signifies a succession of kings. And king and kingdom... | |
| Alexander Robert Charles Dallas - Pastoral theology - 1841 - 502 pages
...the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will.—Prov. xxi. 1. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.— Prov. viii. 15, 16. x3 IV. That God would raise up iii great numbers... | |
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