Bible Dictionary: Measures:

◄ Measures: (Measuring the Dust of the Earth) of God's Greatness ►

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Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual ...
... What has the body to do with your measuring the heavens ... we possess is dispensed to
us in unequal measures by another ... poor are raised up out of the dust, and the ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 5 the knowledge of.htm

The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts.
... The skies, which watch him in his new abode, 210. Measuring his motions by revolving
spheres; ... That solar shadow, as it measures life,. ... Sacred is the dust. ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/the complaint or night thoughts.htm

Answer to Eunomius' Second Book .
... For dust and ashes seem to denote what is lifeless and ... doubt that God was the Maker
of heaven and earth. ... of mechanical art, of the marvels of measuring time by ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/answer to eunomius second book.htm

The Seven Trumpets.
... and its "religion was trampled in the dust by the ... The Sublime Porte engages to take
effectual measures to prevent ... "And there was given me a measuring reed like ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the seven trumpets.htm

The Pharisee and the Publican
... the Lord commendeth." So then, men in "measuring themselves by ... nation; and hast made
us unto our God kings and ... and we shall reign on the earth;" Revelation 5:9 ...
/.../bunyan/the pharisee and publican/the pharisee and the publican.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... sacred serpent which she hid in the dust of the ... had fallen asleep, Ra hastily took
effectual measures to prevent ... very spot where the god left earth to descend ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem:
... LENGTH AND BREADTH, TOGETHER WITH THE GOLDEN MEASURING-REED EXPLAINED ... in a little
time more large measures of the ... river to the ends of the earth' (Zechariah 9:10 ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the holy city or the.htm

A Discourse Upon the Pharisee and the Publican
... Lord commendeth." So then, men in "measuring themselves by ... Temporal things God giveth
to the unthankful and unholy ... The earth hath he GIVEN to the children of men ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse upon the pharisee.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... youth, which shall lie down,' as Job says, 'with him in the dust.' Nor is it ... into
the earth if it be not so; or, I would God would make the earth open and ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
... escaped not who refused Him that spake on earth, much more ... of his friend, and he
again bid him God-speed ... very large parlour that was full of dust, because never ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/mr bunyans last sermon .htm

Subtopics

Measures

Measures of Length: Cubit

Measures of Length: Fathom

Measures of Length: Furlong

Measures of Length: Handbreadth

Measures of Length: Mile

Measures of Length: Span

Measures of Liquids and Solids: Bath or Ephah

Measures of Liquids and Solids: Cab

Measures of Liquids and Solids: Firkin

Measures of Liquids and Solids: Hin