{"query": "Pirkei Avot §avot_02_04: He used to say: do His will as thou", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_cb687395e364", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_02_04: He used to say: do His will as though it were your will, so that He will do y...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He used to say: do His will as though it were your will, so that He will do your will as though it were His. Set aside your will in the face of His will, so that he may set aside the will of others fo"}, {"id": "card_n_a26f68cb53f1", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_04_22: He used to say: the ones who were born are to die, and the ones who have died...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He used to say: the ones who were born are to die, and the ones who have died are to be brought to life, and the ones brought to life are to be judged; So that one may know, make known and have the kn"}, {"id": "card_n_4d5df2f92c5b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_17: “My Son, suffer me to do with thee what I will; I know what is expedient for ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, suffer me to do with thee what I will; I know what is expedient for thee. Thou thinkest as a man, in many things thou judgest as human affection persuadeth thee.” 2. Lord, what Thou sayest is"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_isaiah_62_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Isaiah 62:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Isaiah 62:1 — The prophet here tells us,\nI. What he will do for the church. A prophet, as he is a seer, so he is a spokesman. This prophet resolves to perform that office faithfully, Isa 62:1. He w"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_26_15", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:15", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 26:15 — The sluggard has now, with much ado, got out of his bed, but he might as well have lain there still for any thing he is likely to bring to pass in his work, so awkwardly does he go"}, {"id": "card_n_3dc6b1b2feb0", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_04_05: Rabbi Ishmael his son said: He who learns in order to teach, it is granted to...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rabbi Ishmael his son said: He who learns in order to teach, it is granted to him to study and to teach; But he who learns in order to practice, it is granted to him to learn and to teach and to pract"}, {"id": "card_n_6500e8b9f831", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_01_13: He [also] used to say: one who makes his name great causes his name to be des...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He [also] used to say: one who makes his name great causes his name to be destroyed; one who does not add [to his knowledge] causes [it] to cease; one who does not study [the Torah] deserves death; on"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_19_24", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:24", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 19:24 — A sluggard is here exposed as a fool, for, 1. All his care is to save himself from labour and cold. See his posture: He hides his hand in his bosom, pretends he is lame and cannot "}, {"id": "card_n_03e12108137b", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_03_14: He used to say: Beloved is man for he was created in the image [of God].", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He used to say: Beloved is man for he was created in the image [of God]. Especially beloved is he for it was made known to him that he had been created in the image [of God], as it is said: “for in th"}, {"id": "card_n_efa947a55d3c", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_07: Blessed is he who understandeth what it is to love Jesus, and to despise hims...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Blessed is he who understandeth what it is to love Jesus, and to despise himself for Jesus’ sake. He must give up all that he loveth for his Beloved, for Jesus will be loved alone above all things. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_c2a61d615c0a", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_03_09: Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa said: anyone whose fear of sin precedes his wisdom, his...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa said: anyone whose fear of sin precedes his wisdom, his wisdom is enduring, but anyone whose wisdom precedes his fear of sin, his wisdom is not enduring. He [also] used to say: a"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_26_4", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:4", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 26:4 — See here the noble security of the scripture-style, which seems to contradict itself, but really does not. Wise men have need to be directed how to deal with fools; and they have ne"}, {"id": "card_n_b487d6767744", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_05_18: Whoever causes the multitudes to be righteous, sin will not occur on his acco...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whoever causes the multitudes to be righteous, sin will not occur on his account; And whoever causes the multitudes to sin, they do not give him the ability to repent. Moses was righteous and caused t"}, {"id": "card_n_51aaccf372cf", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_007: But how didst Thou make the heaven and the earth?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But how didst Thou make the heaven and the earth? and what the engine of Thy so mighty fabric? For it was not as a human artificer, forming one body from another, according to the discretion of his mi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_exodus_6_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Exodus 6:1 — Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exo 3:20, After that, he will let you go. When Moses was a"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_35", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:35", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:35 — He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_revelation_22_20", "title": "Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:20", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Revelation 22:20 — We have now come to the conclusion of the whole, and that in three things: - \nI. Christ's farewell to his church. He seems now, after he has been discovering these things to his "}, {"id": "card_n_ae161fdabe30", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_01_05: Yose ben Yochanan (a man) of Jerusalem used to say: Let thy house be wide ope...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Yose ben Yochanan (a man) of Jerusalem used to say: Let thy house be wide open, and let the poor be members of thy household. Engage not in too much conversation with women. They said this with regard"}, {"id": "card_n_ea39482fc6e3", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_05_20: Judah ben Tema said: Be strong as a leopard, and swift as an eagle, and fleet...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judah ben Tema said: Be strong as a leopard, and swift as an eagle, and fleet as a gazelle, and brave as a lion, to do the will of your Father who is in heaven. He used to say: the arrogant is headed "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_29_9", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:9", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 29:9 — A wise man is here advised not to set his wit to a fool's, not to dispute with him, or by contending with him to think either of fastening reason upon him or gaining right from him:"}]}