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Letter "N" » nigh
«Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; / A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.»
«But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.»
«Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.»
«But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, / Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.»
«And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; / Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.»
Author: Bible
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Keywords:
descent,
disciples,
mount,
Mount of Olives,
multitude,
nigh,
olives,
the king,
The Mighty,
The Mount,
whole name
«And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; / And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.»
«And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.»
«Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.»
«Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.»
Author: William James
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Philosopher,
Psychologist)
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About:
Reason,
Testing
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Keywords:
dire,
direr,
direst,
draws,
nigh,
The test,
unnerve,
unnerved,
unnerving,
untrained
«For he hears the lambs innocent call.And he hears the ewes tender reply.He is watchful while they are in peace.For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.»
Author: William Blake
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Engraver,
Mystic,
Painter,
Poet)
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Keywords:
ewe,
ewes,
hears,
innocent,
innocents,
innocent of,
in reply,
lambs,
nigh,
replies,
reply,
shepherd,
shepherded,
tender,
tenders,
watchful