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offering quotes

  • My son,God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 22:8.

  • Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.OLord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would Igive it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,O God, thou wilt not despise.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Psalms 51:14^17.

  • In matters of commerce The fault of the Dutch Is offering too little And asking too much.

    - George Canning
      Dispatch enciphered to Sir Charles Bagehot, English ambassador at The Hague, 31  Jan.

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