Sentence examples for rest upon him from inspiring English sources

"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse (King David's father), and a branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him" (Isaiah 11 1-2 11 1-2

Isaiah, too, says of a future king in Israel: "The spirit of the Lord will rest upon him: The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of good counsel" -- as if having God's spirit rest on you is the same as having wisdom, understanding and good counsel.

You might say the success of his second term rests upon him solving it.

Playing on the biblical verse prescribing "No man shall be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out" (Leviticus 16:17), our sages suggested, "The High Priest himself was not a 'man' at that moment; but when the spirit of holiness rested upon him, his face flamed like torches".

Our pathway was lit only by the light illuminating from the towering minarets atop the mosque, where Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, rests along with Abu Bakr, the first caliph, and Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the second caliph, may God be pleased with both.

Why does the burden rest upon companies?

It cannot rest upon its green revolution laurels forever.

Thomas Jefferson said that "large initiatives cannot rest upon slender majorities".

Well, we are showing them that government does not rest upon force at all: it rests upon consent.

We identify two futures for the professions, both of which rest upon technology.

Its avoidance preserves the values of fairness that a government and economic system rest upon.