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Letter "P" » petition
«The petition of an empty hand is dangerous»
«I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up and pulleth down nations will, the mercy preserve and unite us. For a Nation divided against itself cannot stand.»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
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beseech, beseeching, divided, permit, petition, petitions, piety, reverently, The petition, unite
«And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.»
«Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.»
«Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God (Philippians 4:6).»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
anxious, petition, petitions, Philippians, requests, thanksgiving, The petition
«And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.»
«A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
(Author, Essayist, Poet)
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generous, gracious, in vain, petition, petitioner, petitions, presented, refused, rewarded, The petition, visitation
«Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.»
Author: Woodrow T. Wilson
(President)
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Our Daily Bread, petition, spiritual life, underlies
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