Found 24 Results for: Honours
Snow no more befits the summer, nor rain the harvest-time, than honours befit a fool. (Proverbs 26, 1)
suppose someone has received from God riches, property, honours -- nothing at all left to wish for; but God does not give the chance to enjoy them, and some stranger enjoys them. This is futile, and grievous suffering too. (Ecclesiastes 6, 2)
A father afflicted by untimely mourning has an image made of his child so soon carried off, and now pays divine honours to what yesterday was only a corpse, handing on mysteries and ceremonies to his people; (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 15)
for the Lord honours the father above his children and upholds the rights of a mother over her sons. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 2)
whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 4)
Long life comes to anyone who honours a father, whoever obeys the Lord makes a mother happy. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 6)
The Lord then said: Because this people approaches me only in words, honours me only with lip-service while their hearts are far from me, and reverence for me, as far as they are concerned, is nothing but human commandment, a lesson memorised, (Isaiah 29, 13)
'In his place will rise a wretch: royal honours will not be given to him, but rather he will insinuate himself into them at his pleasure and will gain possession of the kingdom by intrigue. (Daniel 11, 21)
He will use the people of an alien god to defend the fortresses; he will confer great honours on those whom he acknowledges, by giving them wide authority and by parcelling the country out for rent. (Daniel 11, 39)
'The son honours his father, the slave stands in awe of his master. But if I am indeed father, where is the honour due to me? And if I am indeed master, where is the awe due to me? says Yahweh Sabaoth to you priests who despise my name. You ask, "How have we despised your name?" (Malachi 1, 6)
This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me. (Matthew 15, 8)
He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me. (Mark 7, 6)