Verses with the word beast in the Apocrypha (6 verses):
Wisdom of Solomon 13:14
Or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;
Sirach 13:15
Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbor.
Sirach 40:8
[Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and that is sevenfold more upon sinners.
1 Maccabees 6:35
Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and beside this, for every beast were ordained five hundred horsemen of the best.
1 Maccabees 6:36
These were ready at every occasion: wheresoever the beast was, and whithersoever the beast went, they went also, neither departed they from him.
2 Maccabees 4:25
So he came with the king's mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
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