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withstood

«?Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.?»
«Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.»
«Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.»
«Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity.»
«But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.»
«Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: / Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: coppersmith, Much Evil, withstood
«But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: withstood
«But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.»
«And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: / And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: fourscore, sanctuary, Sons of, withstood
«Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.»