Sentence examples for evil upon from inspiring English sources

Both during and after the most torturous and agonizing experience imaginable, Christ repeatedly asked the Father for the forgiveness of those who brought this evil upon him.

In the Old Testament, the Book of Jeremiah xi, 11, it says that the Lord will bring down great evil upon the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem if they don't obey his voice.

Berlin held a great fascination for the author Philip Kerr, who has died aged 62 of cancer: it was a place where the impact of evil upon essentially decent people was felt especially keenly.

Dorment then notes that he realized Vermeer converted from Calvinism (in which the soul is predestined for good or evil) to Catholicism (in which the individual can choose between good and evil) upon his marriage in 1654.

It's meaning is not found in the drowning of a few men, for no one should rejoice at the death or defeat of a human being". King, draft of Chapter VIII in Strength to Love, "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore," in Papers 6 507.

The published version of the quote was a little different: "The meaning of this story is not found in the drowning of Egyptian soldiers, for no one should rejoice at the death or defeat of a human being". King, "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore," in Strength to Love.

It cuts off all chances for ambitious foreigners, who might otherwise be intriguing for the office; and interposes a barrier against those corrupt interferences of foreign governments in executive elections, which have inflicted the most serious evils upon the elective monarchies of Europe.

An exhaustive survey is not possible here, but among the most important are theodicies that appeal, first, to the value of acquiring desirable traits of character in the face of suffering; secondly, to the value of libertarian free will; thirdly, to the value of the freedom to inflict horrendous evils upon others; and fourthly, to the value of a world that is governed by natural laws.

It is also a sad, distressing story of refugees from evil, piled upon ships destined never to dock at Valparaiso.

It is impossible to say that the evil influence upon the jury of these acts of misconduct was removed by such mild judicial action as was taken.

Moreover, they argue, the bra is not some sort of sadistic device foisted by an evil patriarchy upon an oppressed female public.