{"query": "A parable — Obedience small", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_967ca336e8b1", "title": "A parable — Obedience small", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man asked the master what great work was given him. The master pointed to the floor that needed sweeping. The man swept the floor that day, and the next, and the next. After many years the master sa"}, {"id": "card_n_0c29d0e6bba0", "title": "A parable — Calling finding", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A prophet stood on a mountain and waited for God in the wind. The wind came and was loud, but God was not in it. Then earthquake, then fire — and God was in neither. After all of that, a still small v"}, {"id": "card_n_c98e4733373b", "title": "A parable — Tongue", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, set on fire of hell. One small spark in a dry forest in summer. The forest was a hundred years growing. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_de582c7ac9a4", "title": "A parable — Pride praise b", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man was praised for his work, and walked taller because of it. By evening he had grown to fit the praise. By morning the praise had moved to another, and he was small again. The praise had not added"}, {"id": "card_n_8b6256f0ebba", "title": "A parable — Decision two roads", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man stood at the fork of two roads with no map. He sat down to think and a thousand reasons came, half for each road. After many hours he saw he was no closer to choosing. Then he remembered the thi"}, {"id": "card_n_a4f4879a436b", "title": "A parable — Doubt hidden", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man searched for the One who made the world, and could not see him. He concluded the One was not there. He had not yet considered that the made could not contain the maker — that any God you could s"}, {"id": "card_n_70e9d4c2ce55", "title": "A parable — Legacy seed", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A seed in the farmer's hand was tight and small. It was sure of its smallness. It thought it would remain a seed forever. The farmer dropped it into the earth and it disappeared. The seed never saw th"}, {"id": "card_n_5294ef904e9f", "title": "A parable — Hidden sin", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man kept a small fire in his cellar. He never spoke of it; it burned only when he was alone. He told himself it warmed only him and harmed no one. The fire ate the supports of the house slowly, wher"}, {"id": "card_n_c8d9efdb47ac", "title": "A parable — Addiction chain", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man wore a small chain around his wrist. It was light at first and he did not notice. Each year he added a link to it himself, because the weight was familiar. By the time he wished to remove it, th"}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_257884", "title": "Myotis ciliolabrum — western small-footed bat", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "western small-footed bat (Myotis ciliolabrum) — a species. In the tree of life under Myotis. Also known as: western small-footed bat, western small-footed Myotis."}, {"id": "card_n_638559505158", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_09: It is verily a great thing to live in obedience, to be under authority, and n...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is verily a great thing to live in obedience, to be under authority, and not to be at our own disposal. Far safer is it to live in subjection than in a place of authority. Many are in obedience fro"}, {"id": "card_src_book_51205", "title": "Bennett's Small House Catalog, 1920 — Inc. Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co.", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bennett's Small House Catalog, 1920, by Inc. Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co.. Subjects: Small houses -- United States -- Designs and plans -- Catalogs. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenb"}, {"id": "card_src_book_61880", "title": "The Construction of the Small House A Simple and Useful Source of Information of the Methods of Building Small American Homes, for Anyone Planning to Build — H. Vandervoort (Harold", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Construction of the Small House A Simple and Useful Source of Information of the Methods of Building Small American Homes, for Anyone Planning to Build, by H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort) Wals"}, {"id": "card_src_book_49840", "title": "The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox, by Thomas Dims"}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_95677", "title": "Veliidae — small water striders", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "small water striders (Veliidae) — a family. In the tree of life under Gerroidea. Also known as: small water striders, water crickets."}, {"id": "card_src_comm_luke_13_6", "title": "Matthew Henry on Luke 13:6", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Luke 13:6 — This parable is intended to enforce that word of warning immediately going before, \"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; except you be reformed, you will be ruined, as the ba"}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_9405", "title": "Pteropus hypomelanus — small flying fox", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "small flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) — a species. In the tree of life under Pteropus. Also known as: small flying fox, variable flying fox."}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_263928", "title": "Yponomeuta rorrellus — small ermine", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "small ermine (Yponomeuta rorrellus) — a species. In the tree of life under Yponomeuta. Also known as: small ermine, willow ermine, willow ermine moth."}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_459165", "title": "Swietenia mahagoni — small-leaved mahogany", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "small-leaved mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) — a species. In the tree of life under Swietenia. Also known as: small-leaved mahogany, West Indian mahogany."}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_462318", "title": "Gracixalus jinxiuensis — Jingxiu small treefrog", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jingxiu small treefrog (Gracixalus jinxiuensis) — a species. In the tree of life under Gracixalus. Also known as: Jingxiu small treefrog, Jinxiu bubble-nest frog."}]}