Crossword-Solution: LAWD 4 letters, 9 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

But w'at yer l'arn out'n dat Bible, Dave?' "Dave wa'n't no fool, ef he wuz a nigger, en sezee:-- "'Marster, I l'arns dat it's a sin fer ter steal, er ter lie, er fer ter want w'at doan b'long ter yer; en I l'arns fer ter love de Lawd en ter 'bey my marster.' "Mars Dugal' sorter smile' en laf' ter hisse'f, like he 'uz might'ly tickle' 'bout sump'n, en sezee:-- "'Doan 'pear ter me lack readin' de Bible done yer much harm, Dave.

You jes ought 'a' heerd him tellin' about the Lawd a-bein' as pore as any feller thar, an' a-makin' barns an' fences an' ox-yokes an' sech like; an' not a-bein' able to write his own name--havin' to make his mark mebbe--when he started out to save the world.

Blessed be de name er de Lawd." He accompanied this sententious quotation with a wicked look from under his half-closed eyelids that Rena did not see.

The screech of a peacock shrilled across the yard, and a ploughman's singing wailed across the fields: Trouble, O Lawd! Nothin' but trouble in de lan' of Canaan.

See? It's sugar and chocolate!" "The Lawd help! What chillens won't do! That Shoogie can drive me outta my head!" Mama used the hem of her apron to wipe away the tears and grit on my face.