Sentences with phrase «upon one's own head»

Well, if you walk too close to that area, actual boxes will really fall upon your head, even producing a funny sound.
So global warming charging up weather systems, allowing storms to dump greater volumes of water down upon our heads, so increasing the risks of flooding.
When an enemy wishes evil upon our heads, we pray for something bad to happen to them in return.
I stand upon my head and my feet at the same time.
That seems to me to turn the facts upon their head.
He was a generously obese young man wearing a striped engineer's hat upon his head.
On some occasions, garlands were placed upon the heads of the guests, and strings of roses around their necks, while copal was burned before those whom the host desired specially to honor.
If it took place in the Super Bowl, we'd happily place the crown upon the head of the moment to never be overthrown as king.
This was a day when Joe Allen finally looked like he deserved the praise that Brendan Rodgers placed upon his head when signing for the club in the summer of 2012.
Just as a runner perseveres through the difficulties of the race so that he might reach the finish line and receive the reward, so also Jesus is waiting to put the Crown of Life upon your head when you reach the finish line after persevering through pain, trials, and persecution.
Ps 133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
In other words, if all that God could do in the flood event was rescue as many people as possible from the waters when they threatened to take the life of everything that breathes, how can God guarantee that humanity will never be so sinful as to invite the same destruction upon their heads again?
He and his colleagues almost succeed in overcoming the «White Man's Burden» weight upon their heads through their fine and nuanced performances.
Most opponents speak warily, if at all, about Abdul - Jabbar's decline, a reticence that comes from having had skyhook after skyhook rained upon their heads year after year.
But when that fails, Snow calls upon head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to engineer a twist forcing Katniss and Peeta to compete again, this time against other victors from the previous 25 competitions.
To believe you ONLY hear the «Word of God» (whatever you mean by that) in the church is crippling, emotionally stunted, enslaving, abusive, and downright false when heaped upon the head of others.
Though innocent of all violence attributed to Him, God allowed the violence committed by others to be laid upon His head so that He might take the blame and thereby rescue and deliver mankind from most of the self - destructive consequences of their sin, and reveal Himself to mankind as a loving Father who takes our sin upon Himself for our deliverance from the consequences of sin and for the sake of our relationship with Him.
The mirror image projecting from the overlaying pieces of metal upon her head made my lanky body appear double in size as if I was meandering through a carnival fun house.
eFrontPro allows you to achieve just that, and it does it without forcing upon you some head - scratching, un-intuitive configuration process like other platforms do.
It's a fast - paced tour that will have you holding turtles, have lizards perched upon your head, getting wrapped up in a snake, hand feeding lorikeets, feeding Black Cockatoos seeds from between your lips and even cuddling a koala!
But it was just the first of 25 events in which a Utah - based secure messaging startup called Mainframe will give away about $ 1 million of its cryptocurrency — by literally making it rain crypto coins upon the heads of enthusiasts.
A search for shoes is more common, but a search for «shiny red women's shoes,» which is a long tail keyword based upon the head term, are more effective, making them more valuable.
This song always sounded of the olde religion: There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead
It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments.
What I can do, however, is invoke upon the head of this present Pope an old Jewish folk blessing: may he live to be one - hundred - and - twenty.
19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant,... Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection;... and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions,... and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.
Only occasionally does some piece of personal description raise our hopes that it may conceivably be based on a true reminiscence, e.g. that Justus Barsabas (cf. Acts 1:23) was flatfooted, and that Paul was «a man short of stature, thin - haired upon the head, crooked in the legs, well - built, with eyebrows joining, and nose somewhat hooked, full of grace» (Acts of Paul).
He is called to be «a seer, a revelator, a translator, and a Prophet, having all the gifts of God which he bestows upon the head of the church.»»
18And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls!
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.
Shylock is persistent in his demand that the legal contract be carried out exactly as it is written, confident in the justice of his cause: «My deeds upon my head!
Perhaps, however, it is more accurate to say that he will only deal with the negative abstractions if they are firmly subordinated to other conceptions; if the language of classical theism is turned firmly upon its head.
He painted the lightning upon his cheek, placed a rock behind his ear, an eagle feather in his hair, and the head of a hawk upon his head.
Just so the Lord would now mock the might of Babylon and, overcoming all natural obstacles, would conduct his people home to Zion «with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads
With devastating, scholarly detail, Jaki turns the whole Enlightenment project of separating Christianity from science upon its head.
Hmmm, from what I understand about the Barcelona variety of back injury, it usually resolves immediately upon heading out for international duty, only to flair back up upon returning to your club.
They are really only missing one starter (OG) along the entire line with an average starter (Easton) they could possibly upgrade upon heading into 2018.
...... Take my whinnings and complains upon ur head.......
(b) Many children under the age of 14 (and some reasonable number over 14) have poorly developed underlying muscle and connective tissue needed to support the head and resist (at least partially) the forces attendant upon heading a strongly kicked ball.
G - d chooses who will bare the fruit of the earth and puts upon their heads wisdom that surpasses all human knowledge.
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