Great Quotes - Funny Quotes - Love Quotes
Be inspired by our amazing collection of free proverbs, sayings and great quotes by famous artists, authors, writers, poets, philosophers and business people. The quotation database contains over 150,000 funny quotes, love quotes and motivational quotes that will do for any occasion. The database is constantly updated with new quotes, proverbs and sayings. Make sure to check our quotes regularly.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "C" » compassed
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
«He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.»
«For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.»
«For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.»
«But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: / And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.»
«By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.»
«And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.»
«For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: / Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
compassed, high priest, infirmity, ordain, ordained, ordains, out-of-the-way, pertain, pertaining, pertains, priest, sacrifices
«And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? / And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.»
«For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.»
«Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests. In the minds of politicians, perhaps more than anywhere, the notion of a million dollars has this accordion-like ability to expand or contract; if they are disposing of it, the million is a pleasing sum, reflecting warmly upon themselves; if somebody else wants it, it becomes a figure of inordinate size, not to be compassed by the rational mind.»
Author: Robertson Davies
(Author, Journalist)
| Keywords:
accordion, compassed, contract, decreasing, disposing, gaseous, inordinate, suggests, warmly
Sign up for the most comprehensive database of 800,000 pre-written papers and use them for your research. Order authentic term papers, essays, research papers, dissertations on any topic written by qualified writers.
