Holy Writ. VAIN GLORY. Let us not be desirous of vain glory. GALATIANS, V. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind. VENGEANCE. PHILIPPIANS, ii. I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation. COMMANDMENTS. Avenge not yourselves; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine. VICTORY. ROMANS, Xii. Thou hast given victory unto kings. PSALM cxliv. David stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines, and the Lord wrought a great victory. 2 SAMUEL, Xxiii. And he went forth conquering and to conquer. REVELATION, vi. O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done marvellous things; His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory. PSALM Xcviii. Shakespeare, VICTORY-(continued). To whom God will, there be the victory! 3 HENRY VI. ii. 5. Sound trumpets! let our bloody colours wave! 3 HENRY VI. ii. 2. O Thou, whose captain I account myself, Make us Thy ministers of chastisement, RICHARD III. v. 3. VISION. Saw you not, even now, a blessed troop They promised me eternal happiness. HENRY VIII. iv. 2. VOWS. This, in the name of God, I promise here ; And I will die a hundred thousand deaths, Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow. 1 HENRY IV. iii. 2. Holy Writ. VICTORY-(continued). Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory. 1 CORINTHIANS, XV. And the Lord wrought a great victory that day. 2 SAMUEL, Xxiii. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory. 1 CHRONICLES, xxiii. VISION. He saw in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. VOWS. ACTS, X. Yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it. ISAIAH, XIX. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ECCLESIASTES, v. Shakespeare, VOWS (continued). It is the purpose, that makes strong the vow; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, v. 3. It is religion, that doth make vows kept. KING JOHN, iii. 1. 'Tis not the many oaths, that make the truth; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, iv. 2. He hath given countenance to his speech, I have toward Heaven breath'd a secret vow, HAMLET, i. 3. MERCHANT OF VENICE, iii. 4. WAR. How you awake the sleeping sword of war, We charge you, in the name of God, take heed. WICKEDNESS. HENRY V. i. 2. If the wickedness of these men have defeated the law, and outrun native punishment, though they can outstrip men, they have no wings to fly from God. HENRY V. iv. 1. Holy Writ. VOWS-(continued). So I will sing praises unto Thy name for ever; that I may daily perform my vows. PSALM 1xi. If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. NUMBERS, XXX. That mayest thou offer for a free-will offering, but for a vow, it shall not be accepted. LEVITICUS, Xxii. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it. WAR. DEUTERONOMY, Xxiii. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. ISAIAH, ii. WICKEDNESS. The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. PROVERBS, xi. |