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«But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Omri, prevailed, Tibni
«And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: came out, prevailed
«And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: prevailed
«And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: exceedingly, prevailed
«But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: / And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: go forth, mired, prevailed, sunk
«And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: ark, prevailed
«And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: prevailed
«And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: hollow, prevailed, thigh, wrestled
«And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: dens, prevailed
«Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts. Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed. Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it. We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live...»

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