 | Edward Payson - Sermons, American - 1831 - 406 pages
...and with self-application, the declaration of Jehovah, To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word. And to all of every description I say, Hear ye, give ear ; be not proud, for the Lord hath spoken j... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - Bible - 1831 - 266 pages
...all be judged at the last day ! " Thus saith the Lord, To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my Word," Isa. Ixvi. 2. Nothing, surely, can be more unbecoming, than to read the Word of Almighty God with an... | |
 | 1904 - 510 pages
...in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you. DOUAY BIBLE. Matt, v: verse 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Verse 5.* Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall b« comforted. Verse G. Blessed are they that... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - Commercial correspondence - 1975 - 124 pages
...the principle is the same). You'll recognize easily the parallelism (or balance) in the Beatitudes: Blessed are the poor in spirit; for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit... | |
 | J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - Religion - 1986 - 1848 pages
...Thess. ii. 13) in all lowliness. For "to this man will I look" saith the Lord, "even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word" (Isa. Ixvi. 2). Of all the books of the Bible none other is so solemnly introduced to us ; none so... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...9.109-10 (187:5). the poor of heart - Recalls two of the beatitudes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. . . . Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:3, 8). 9.110 (187:5). the life... | |
 | Philip Edgcumbe Hughes - Religion - 1987 - 644 pages
...same prophetic context God declares that in preference to any material temple He chooses "him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word". And this means that He prefers to make His dwelling with people of that character, as is shown by the... | |
 | Mesrovb Jacob Seth - Social Science - 1983 - 696 pages
...virtues shall ever endear his memory to his relatives, to his friends and to all his acquaintances." "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of Heaven". (Mathew V. 3). In the Armenian inscription, he is called "the bright mirror of piety", and so he was... | |
 | Johanna Manley - Bible - 1995 - 1118 pages
...give proof of frugality in their thoughts. It is these whom the Lord praises, in turn, in these terms: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt. 5:3). By cities of victims of the injustice of men and who fear God" [sic] he is making allusion... | |
 | John Kershaw - Sermons - 1995 - 308 pages
...to answer to the character of whom the Lord has said: "To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my Word." The poor sinner trembles not only in body, but in soul, and cries out with the publican, "God be merciful... | |
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BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. BLESSED are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 
