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Page 189 - The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 98 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field, before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Page 94 - God saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Page 96 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Page 133 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 144 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife ; and they shall be two in one flesh.
Page 190 - Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you.
Page 134 - The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
Page 94 - I answer, it is true, they were so, but it was their own fault, not Adam's ; for so it is said expressly, " All flesh hath corrupted his way upon the earth, and the earth was filled with violence*.