Bible Dictionary: Light: Wise Rulers

◄ Light: Wise Rulers ►

Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you quench not the light of Israel.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 25, "I Thank Thee, O Father ...
... darkness the devil and his angels are the rulers of ... Thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent ... from those who thought themselves to be light, and were ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xvii on the words.htm

Edwards -- Spiritual Light
... SPIRITUAL LIGHT. ... of God above others: "How highly favored art thou, that others that
are wise and great men, the scribes, Pharisees, and rulers, and the ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 3/edwards spiritual light.htm

Concerning Light, Fire, the Luminaries, Sun, Moon and Stars.
... For the Creator made this wise provision that we should not ... not that God was unable
to grant it light of its ... God and Master, and then also to the rulers set in ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning light fire the.htm

The Climax of Ecclesiastes' Exercises Seems to have Been Reached ...
... Let the light of His path shine on this scene, and no longer shall we count it an
evil ... A city flourishes under the wise diligence of her rulers, or goes to ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter x the climax of.htm

"We have Seen his Star"
... was bent on shutting out the divine light from the ... in Jerusalem impatiently awaited
the return of the wise men ... Thus they had excited the hatred of their rulers. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 6 we have seen.htm

To Urban vi
... the sight of God and men; as a light placed in ... that fell upon all Italy, because
bad rulers were not guarded against, who governed in such wise that they ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to urban vi 3.htm

Abbott -- the Divinity in Humanity
... to govern themselves, and a few wise rulers must govern ... the Bible, save as when the
wise men followed ... emanations one was Life, another was Light, another was ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/abbott the divinity in.htm

National Privileges
... But still all the wise and pious heathens, each ... rotten world, to bring life and
immortality to light. ... brotherhood, one kingdom of God, whose rulers are kings ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon xxii national privileges.htm

Solomon
... his subjects and the admiration and homage of the rulers of many ... For a time Israel
was as the light of the world ... name of the God of Israel through a wise use of ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 1 solomon.htm

The First-Fruits of the Gentiles
... language is the question of the wise men, 'Where is ... which had shone as a great light
through dreary ... the distinct testimony of the ecclesiastical rulers to the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the first-fruits of the gentiles.htm

Subtopics

Light

Light: Agreeable

Light: Bright

Light: Christ the Source of all Wisdom

Light: Communicated to the Body Through the Eye

Light: Created

Light: Created by God

Light: Diffusive

Light: Divided Into: Artificial

Light: Divided Into: Extraordinary or Miraculous

Light: Divided Into: Natural