God-given

[ god-giv-uhn ]

/ ˈgɒdˌgɪv ən /

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adjective

given by, or coming directly from, God: the God-given laws.

welcome; propitious; opportune.

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Origin of God-given

First recorded in 1790–1800

It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
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“Personally, I deal with manners of righteousness and God,” he says.
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I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
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My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
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Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
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The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Each religion claims that its own Bible is the direct revelation of God, and is the only true Bible teaching the only true faith.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford