Sentences with phrase «broken reed»

Pharaoh is a broken reed which will pierce the hand of any who lean on it.

means to be a Catholic is surely equivalent to «quenching the smouldering flax» or «crushing the broken reed».

He will not snap off the broken reed, nor snuff out the smouldering wick, until he leads justice on to victory.

But because I was a broken reed when I first showed up at his confessional, he was tender, yet always committed to giving me the full teaching of the Church.

Not exact matches

«A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.»

Here we see unknown writers in the hills of ancient Judah, seated in simple homes that from the point of view of our present - day luxury might be regarded as little better than hovels, surrounded with furnishings more bare and austere than those of a medieval monastery, equipped with simple reed pens and rolls of papyrus, or perhaps with broken sherds of old pots, as they slowly indite in awkward, ancient Hebrew characters, words that have run like fire and are potent at this distant day.

We do not seek to break the bruised reed or to quench the wavering fame.

Isa 42:3 «A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

His raspy, reed - thin voices constantly sounds as if it's on the verge of breaking, which adds tension to every scene he's in.

The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, a Play, and the City that Would Not Be Broken Wendell Pierce Saturday, October 10, 1:00 - 2:00 pm Conf.

Reeds breaks the boundaries of panel painting with his famous settings based on Alfred Hitchcock's film classic «Vertigo», in which the artist creates bedroom situations in the exhibition space including his own pictures.

Twenty Colorless Jelly Glasses, England or Europe, 18th century, most with reeded bowls on plain feet with broken pontils, ht.

The new reed diffuser scents, set to transform our homes without breaking the bank, are Lime, Basil & Mandarin; Pomegranate Noir and Freesia & Pear.

I would focus on one piece of reeding at a time — break it down or it can make you a little nutty.