 | Protestantism - 1847 - 648 pages
...sin, lie win continue to punish. " Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord" — " Break, , off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity."* When we neglect doing this, God is. exceed- !|... | |
 | William Jackson - Clergy - 1847 - 422 pages
...needeth." * Obedience in this respect, is absolutely essential to the formation of a holy character. "Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor."t Without the spirit and practice of benevolence, we are wanting in one main evidence of an interest... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1849 - 440 pages
...kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." Astonished as the king must have been by this interpretation,... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1849 - 512 pages
...timely repentance ; and Daniel gives him a solemn advice, " O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity."f He continued impenitently proud, and did not regard... | |
 | Abraham Belais - Bible - 1850 - 84 pages
...forebodings of his destiny, which he saw iu a dream through acts of charity and benevolence : "Wherefore, 0 king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and...thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy unto the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquUity." (Daniel iv. 27.) He, therefore,... | |
 | 1851 - 860 pages
...seen in Nebuchadnezzar, and the awful effects of it followed at the end of twelve months. Daniel had OZ* if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." (Dan. iv. 27.) But the haughty king's spirit rose... | |
 | 1851 - 508 pages
...authorised version gives the true sense as follows — " Wherefore, O King ! let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity " (Dan. iv. 27). There is no support of the false doctrine... | |
 | Ambrose Henkel, Socrates Henkel - Lutheran Church - 1851 - 784 pages
...it is evident and clear that he requires faith, concerning which we speak. But this declaration, " Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the -poor," is the substance of a whole discourse, and its . import 'A as much as, reform thyself. And it is true... | |
 | 1851 - 446 pages
...God's message to the potentates of Europe, — " Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity." And surely the events of... | |
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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 
