Quotes About Contrast

His name was Nabal, and his wifeís name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

and the lizard can be caught in oneís hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!

its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

ëWe played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.í

Then they said to Him, “Johnís disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”