John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Old Testament. (continued) |
| 10079 |
| Fasten him as a nail in a sure place. |
| Isaiah xxii. 23. |
| 10080 |
| Whose merchants are princes. |
| Isaiah xxiii. 8. |
| 10081 |
| A feast of fat things. |
| Isaiah xxv. 6. |
| 10082 |
| For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. |
| Isaiah xxviii. 10. |
| 10083 |
| We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement. |
| Isaiah xxviii. 15. |
| 10084 |
| Their strength is to sit still. |
| Isaiah xxx. 7. |
| 10085 |
| Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book. |
| Isaiah xxx. 8. |
| 10086 |
| The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. |
| Isaiah xxxv. 1. |
| 10087 |
| Thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed. |
| Isaiah xxxvi. 6. |
| 10088 |
| Set thine house in order. |
| Isaiah xxxviii. 1. |
| 10089 |
| All flesh is grass. |
| Isaiah xl. 6. |
| 10090 |
| The nations are as a drop of a bucket. |
| Isaiah xl. 15. |
| 10091 |
| A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. |
| Isaiah xlii. 3. |
| 10092 |
| There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. |
| Isaiah xlviii. 22. |
| 10093 |
| He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter. |
| Isaiah liii. 7. |
| 10094 |
| Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. |
| Isaiah lv. 7. |
| 10095 |
| A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. |
| Isaiah lx. 22. |
| 10096 |
| Give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. |
| Isaiah lxi. 3. |
| 10097 |
| I have trodden the wine-press alone. |
| Isaiah lxiii. 3. |