...When they boast, he can humble them. " Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine...

...individual is raised to an exalted station in the community, whether in the church or in the world : " For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...west, nor from the south. But God is the judge ; he putteth down one, and setteth up another." Saul was a man of goodly stature ; his personal appearance...

...instead of silk, Isa. iii. 24. This is the sovereign act of God, as he is the Lord of the world. " Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is judge: he pulteth down one, and setteth up another," Psal. Ixxv. 6, 7. He does no wrong to any man,...

...putting men into, and removing them from places in government. Promotion, saith the penman of my text, cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. We cannot (as one remarks on the words) " gain it, either by the wisdom of the men of the east, or...

...affairs shows how far He is from being, as some modern philosophers imply, the slave of law and rule. " Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...west, nor from the south : but God is the Judge : He putteth one down and setteth up another." " The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof...

...to human industry, or to fortune, that some men remain in obscurity, and others rise to honours : " Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...west, nor from the south. But God is the Judge ; he putteth down one, and setteth up another." (m) Since God cannot divest himself of the office of a judge,...

...and glory of man, and say to him, " Lift not up your horn on high ; speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...nor from the south, but God is the judge ; — he putteth down one, and setteth up another."! In all this he has wise reasons of his own, — he giveth...

...Rulers are dependent upon his providence both for their elevation and for their continuance. " For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the...west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another/' The agency of men, as well as the shaping of circumstances,...

...Him all things consist." " The lot is cast into the lap, but the disposing thereof is from the Lord." "Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from...west, nor from the south. But God is the judge : he putteth down one, and setteth up another." There is an unseen Hand which, without (we know not how)...

...industry and [economy, fortune ; patriotism and valor, national independence, and vice versa. " But promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west, nor from the south, God is judge himself: He pulleth down one and setteth up another." — Psalms 75 : 6. Such is the way...