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«The petition of an empty hand is dangerous»
«I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up and pulleth down nations will, the mercy preserve and unite us. For a Nation divided against itself cannot stand.»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
| Keywords:
beseech, beseeching, divided, permit, petition, petitions, piety, reverently, The petition, unite
«And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: / And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.»
«Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God (Philippians 4:6).»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
anxious, petition, petitions, Philippians, requests, thanksgiving, The petition
«And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.»
«Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: / For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
bondwoman, bondwomen, countervail, Esther, petitions, request, The petition, the Queen
«Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; / If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.»
«And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.»
«We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.»
«A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
(Author, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
generous, gracious, in vain, petition, petitioner, petitions, presented, refused, rewarded, The petition, visitation
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