John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Old Testament. (continued) |
| 9782 |
| Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. |
| 1 Kings xx. 11. |
| 9783 |
| Death in the pot. |
| 2 Kings iv. 40. |
| 9784 |
| Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? |
| 2 Kings viii. 13. |
| 9785 |
| Like the driving of Jehu, the son of Nimshi: for he driveth furiously. |
| 2 Kings ix. 20. |
| 9786 |
| One that feared God and eschewed evil. |
| Job i. 1. |
| 9787 |
| Satan came also. |
| Job i. 6. |
| 9788 |
| The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. |
| Job i. 21. |
| 9789 |
| All that a man hath will he give for his life. |
| Job ii. 4. |
| 9790 |
| There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest. |
| Job iii. 17. |
| 9791 |
| Night, when deep sleep falleth on men. |
| Job iv. 13; xxxiii. 15. |
| 9792 |
| Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
| Job v. 7. |
| 9793 |
| He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. |
| Job v. 13. |
| 9794 |
| Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. |
| Job v. 26. |
| 9795 |
| How forcible are right words! |
| Job vi. 25. |
| 9796 |
| My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. |
| Job vii. 6. |
| 9797 |
| He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 1 |
| Job vii. 10; cf. xvi. 22. |
| 9798 |
| I would not live alway. |
| Job vii. 16. |
| 9799 |
| The land of darkness and the shadow of death. |
| Job x. 21. |
| 9800 |
| Clearer than the noonday. |
| Job xi. 17. |
| 9801 |
| Wisdom shall die with you. |
| Job xii. 2. |
| Note 1. The place thereof shall know it no more.—Psalm ciii. 16. Usually quoted, “The place that has known him shall know him no more.” [back] |