Bible Dictionary: Military Arms: Inferior to Wisdom

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.
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How Moses Discharged the Part of a Military Leader.
... Tactics belong to military command, and the ability to command ... there is a second
kind of royalty, inferior to that ... In the case of arms and of fighting animals ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xxiv how moses discharged the.htm

Letter xix (AD 1127) to Suger, Abbot of S. Denis
... dignities, so that he seems not to be inferior to Bishops ... Military pomps delight
him, but not the risks and labours ... no part of clerical duty to bear arms at the ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xix a d 1127 to.htm

Essay v. Whose Powers Shed Round Him in the Common Strife...
... a military leader, and almost without arms, these brave ... not hesitate to think the
English inferior to the ... the island, though the civil and military powers and ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/essay v whose powers shed.htm

The Psalter of Solomon.
... forced to rely on a late and inferior document for ... for war, nor put his hopes in
arms hoplois, Fr ... Pompey sent for his military engines from Tyre, and besieged ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the psalter of solomon.htm

Prison Experiences for Conscience' Sake --Our Prison
... immediately after to be present at inspection of arms. ... We seem perfectly at the mercy
of the military power, and ... more, in the hands of the inferior officers, who ...
/.../prison experiences for conscience sakeour.htm

The American Experiments, 1734-1762.
... the Brethren from the obligation to render military service. ... But the Brethren objected
to taking arms at all ... If this man was inferior to Zinzendorf in genius he ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xiv the american experiments.htm

Contradiction Between Our Life and Our Christian Conscience.
... and yet Continuing to Preserve Inferior Organizations of ... only intensified national
hatreds, made military burdens more ... Modern Europe keeps under arms an active ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter v contradiction between our.htm

Letter cxxxviii. (AD 412. )
... hast, offer to him also the inferior possessions, lest ... rather be to cast away their
arms, and withdraw themselves wholly from military service; whereas ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxxxviii a d 412.htm

The Preacher as a Man of the Word.
... Such military notions seem to have occurred naturally to the ... seen gathering the lambs
in his arms and carrying ... say it is, though second to it, hardly inferior. ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/lecture iv the preacher as.htm

Useful Phrases
... execrable villainy [execrable = hateful; extremely inferior; very bad]. ... escutcheon
[escutcheon = shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms]. ... military autocracy. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm

Subtopics

Arms

Arms and Armor

Military Arms for Sieges: Battering Rams

Military Arms for Sieges: Engines for Casting Stones

Military Arms of Conquered Nations Taken Away to Prevent Rebellion

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Sometime Burned

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Sometimes Kept As Trophies

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Taken off Them

Military Arms were Provided by Individuals Themselves

Military Arms were Provided: from the Public Arsenals

Military Arms: Armouries Built For