Sentences with phrase «fall upon your head»

It appears that through such actions, God was trying to non-violently warn the Egyptian army that destruction was about to fall upon their heads, and they should turn back while they still had time.

Well, if you walk too close to that area, actual boxes will really fall upon your head, even producing a funny sound.

The last thing she desired was to have her father's wrath fall upon her head.

Why then would we assume that if we continue to choose to guide our actions by greed for short - term gain, rather than the intelligence and wisdom with which we have been gifted, that the natural consequences will not fall upon our heads?

Not exact matches

The acute sufferings of that time brought to a head the misgivings about God's providence in history which had been aroused by long - continued misfortunes and disappointments; for these sufferings not only fell upon a people which had made sincere and persistent efforts to observe the law of God in its corporate life, but they fell most heavily upon the best members of the community.

Besides missing the mark, as even a cursory survey of the history of religions shows, Harnack's barrage falls back down upon his own head.

The command of God to Moses in Exodus 14:26 to allow the waters to fall back upon the heads of the Egyptians can be understood as God taking the blame for that which He did not prevent.

Jeremiah 23:19 - 32 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

If a man in despair is as he thinks conscious of his despair, does not talk about it meaninglessly as of something which befell him (pretty much as when a man who suffers from vertigo talks with nervous self - deception about a weight upon his head or about its being like something falling upon him, etc., this weight and this pressure being in fact not something external but an inverse reflection from an inward experience), and if by himself and by himself only he would abolish the despair, then by all the labor he expends he is only laboring himself deeper into a deeper despair.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

With Queen Elizabeth II winding down her duties as Head of the Commonwealth, the President noted that his toast takes on an added significance, as it falls upon him to express the depth of the collective regret of the Commonwealth that she would no longer automatically be present at meeting.

Distress call was made upon which the people of the community gave the suspect hot Chase, and while he was running away with the bike, he fell into a ditch and hit his head on a concrete culvert.

By the fall of their kindergarten year, children who participated in Head Start and the REDI - P group scored higher than the children in the control group on several measures, showing greater increases in their vocabulary, literacy skills, reading fluency and academic performance upon entering kindergarten.

-LCB- Layered Alive -RCB- A chilly fall day in Pisa called for layer upon layer, taking a new approach to the «Canadian suit,» aka: the head - to - toe denim trend.

When I stumbled upon this striped lace back sweater at Nordstrom, I fell head over -LCB- red -RCB- heels in love.

Now's when regular readers will groan, knowing that I've been in the tank for Dunham and Girls ever since accidentally stumbling upon Tiny Furniture several years ago and falling head over heels.

If not, the fact that fall is upon us is a great impetus to head in for a visit.

You'll lay your head upon a pillow, falling into a deep sleep.

His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest; And Rauros, golden Rauros - falls, bore him upon its breast.»

Taken from O'Donnells Laws of Cartoon Motion, the exhibition title describes how, in «cartoon physics», a falling anvil will always land directly upon a character's head, regardless of the time gap between the body and the anvil's respective drop.

From what I can see, estimating trends accurately is very difficult; estimating variability is much harder; and, predicting when and where Nature's hand will fall upon your personal head is next to impossible.

Three reasons I try to focus on fundamentals instead of falling head over heels in love with one particular formalistic procedure related to the fundamentals... (1) I did a lot of work with QM, and thrice (old quantum mechanics, then Heisenberg vs. Schroedinger, then Feynman vs. Schwinger vs. Tomonaga) the field went through confused situations where disagreed - upon things turned out to be fundamentally the same.

Six infants received bruises or cuts to the head, face, torso or leg upon becoming trapped or falling from the crib.

It's a problem that Land Rover has just run into head - first after its claims that the Land Wind X7 was a shameless copy of its Range Rover Evoque fell upon deaf ears.