Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.
And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day: 13:18.
Why then are we unfaithful to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
He started off on the good old tack of worshipping his woman while his heart was honest, and profaning her in his fits of temper and revolt.
But the desire ofprofaning Jerusalem must be conceived of as the human motive only.
Before that takes place, the neighbouring nations shall assemble themselves against Jerusalem, with the desire of profaning it, and of enjoying a pleasant spectacle.
This matter being much talked about, Caesar put away his wife, Pompeia, and Clodius was prosecuted for profaning the holy rites.
Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
We pray thus, because we are by nature inclined to error and sin, and have need of God's grace to preserve us from profaning His name.
Why do we pray God to preserve us from profaning His name?
In the former case, of course, they are believed to react against profaning transgressions in an automatic and unconscious manner, while in the latter case, they are thought to obey passionate movements determined by the offence resented.
Magic takes a sort of professional pleasure in profaning holy things;[79] in its rites, it performs the contrary of the religious ceremony.
A poet would hardly have been crowned, who had been the occasion of profaning the festival by such occurrences.
In hypocrisy he is particularly fond of using religious forms, as if actuated by a desire of profaning in the service of hell the religion whose blessings he had inwardly abjured.
Apollo again comes out of the temple, and drives them away, as profaning his sanctuary.
Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, 'What evil thing is this that you are doing, and thereby profaning the sabbath?
Why do we deal faithlessly with one another, Profaning the covenant of our fathers?
You would dare lay your low, vile, profaning hands upon even the lowliest of the Wieroos--the sacred chosen of Luata!
Remember that millions of glorious angels are magnifying that great and holy name, which thou art profaning and taking in vain.
How much more then is the boldness of thy profaning God's holy name to be condemned?
The father freely, in open congregation, did acknowledge it the righteous hand of God for his profaning his holy day.
The vanquished parson thereafter sullenly spent the noonings in the horse-shed, to which he ostentatiously carried the big church-Bible in order that it might not be at the service of the profaning teachers.
The addition is suggested by David's eating the shewbread, but does not fit the case so closely, since Jesus was not defending himself against the charge of profaning a holy place.
Matthew adds to the words of Jesus the reference to the priests profaning the temple and yet being guiltless.
And if the promise and the precept of God are not attached to them, immediately judge that they are idolatry and profaning of the name of God.
But is not this, I pray you, the positiveprofaning of sacred things?
Yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaningthe Sabbath.
And the same may be said of the priests' profaning the Sabbath, who, notwithstanding, are said to be blameless.
On fast-days they never drink but at their meat, and the priests never communicate till evening, for fear of profaning them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "profaning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
