 | Miguel de Unamuno - 1921 - 332 Seiten
...Himself. And He is the God of the humble, for in the words of the Apostle, God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty (i Cor. i. 27). And God is in each one of us in the measure in... | |
 | Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) - 1922 - 350 Seiten
...chosen the foolish things of the world' (such as those who aspire to this third Mode of Humility) ' to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | Henry Dwight Sedgwick - 1923 - 422 Seiten
...the world, that it was necessary to be fools for Christ's sake, and to wish for the world's derision, for "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world...confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath... | |
 | Leighton Pullan - 1923 - 291 Seiten
...and the divine Reason is deeper than man's reasoning. The fact that God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that were mighty, is no disparagement of learning and philosophy. It really gives... | |
 | Joseph John Reilly - 1925 - 329 Seiten
...after twenty years and use to notorious purpose: "May He, as of old, choose 'the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty !' May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen,... | |
 | 1920
...that of God, Whose foolishness is wiser than the wisdom of men, Who has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, for "with the lowly is wisdom."12 "The vessels which the prophet bade the widow get were 'empty vessels,'... | |
 | 1854
...wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble." God made use of the " foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised."... | |
 | Daniel Tuvill - 1978 - 266 Seiten
...Vocation: calling, summoning. ' Beetle: wooden mallet or ramming instrument. world hath God chosen to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty." He chose (saith St. Augustine) for his disciples men of mean birth, mean calling, mean learning, ut... | |
 | the late Catherine M. Prelinger - 1996
...clearly the full pathway that lies before us, we know that the God who chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty has brought us safe thus far, and we trust our God for the next step of the journey." 34 The next step... | |
 | David Lin - 1993 - 428 Seiten
...cords from us." "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision." For "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world...weak things of the world to confound the ... mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised ... and things which are not, to bring... | |
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God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty... 
