 | 1846 - 512 ページ
...as the following, declarations which we meet with in the scriptures in relation to the divine law. " Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." " By thy precepts I get understanding." "I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1847 - 252 ページ
...pillar is made in the mind ;, but it is expressed without any of the words that denote comparison. Rules to be observed in the use of metaphors. 1. Metaphors,...well as other figures, should, on no occasion, be ttuct on profusely ; and should always be such as accord with the strain of 0Mr seittzment. The latter... | |
 | Dyer Hook Sanborn - 1848 - 300 ページ
...a. fox," is a metaphor; but, " That man is like a fox, "is a comparison. EXAMPLES. "Thou art my rock and my fortress." "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." " I will be unto her a wall of fire."— Bible. Man ! thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. — Byron.... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 234 ページ
...implied in a single word. EXAMPLES. I will be unto her a wall of fire round about. Thou art my rock and my fortress. Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path* 3. PERSONIFICATION or PROSOPOPOBIA is that figure by which we attribute life and action to inanimate... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 240 ページ
...implied in a single word. EXAMPLES. 1 will be unto her a wall of fire round about. Thou art my rock and my fortress. Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 3. PERSoNIFICATIoN or PRosopopoeiA is that figure by which we attribute life and action to inanimate... | |
 | John Brown - 1848 - 472 ページ
...hast thou quickened me. How sweet are thy words to my taste; yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth ! Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I love... | |
 | Thomas Adams - 1848 - 912 ページ
...but like a lamp, far short of that day which comes by the rising of the glorious Sun, Jesus Christ. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths, Psal. exix. 105; but thy Christ is a Sun, that hath saving health under his wings, Mai. iv.... | |
 | 1849 - 518 ページ
...do well to take heed." " By the word of thy lips, I have kept me from the path of the destroyer." " Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." We need faith, not experience. The latter is imperatively given to us in Scripture — God's testimony... | |
 | William Whitaker - 1849 - 744 ページ
...to find the true way 1." And Augustine, Concio 23 in Ps. cxviii. hath these words : " The saying, ' Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths,' denotes the word which is contained in all the holy scriptures2." This entirely overturns the... | |
 | Jane Sergeant - 1849 - 114 ページ
...error?" "Search the Scriptures, dear Ernestine," replied Edward. "'Thy word,' says the Psalmist, ' is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path;' and depend upon it, no sincere and earnest inquirer after truth was ever left destitute of the guidance... | |
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 
