Verses with the word not in the Apocrypha (996 verses; showing verse 501 - 996):
Sirach 7:33
A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
Sirach 7:34
Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
Sirach 7:35
Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
Sirach 8:1
Strive not with a mighty man' lest thou fall into his hands.
Sirach 8:2
Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.
Sirach 8:3
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
Sirach 8:4
Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.
Sirach 8:5
Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
Sirach 8:6
Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.
Sirach 8:7
Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.
Sirach 8:8
Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to serve great men with ease.
Sirach 8:9
Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.
Sirach 8:10
Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
Sirach 8:11
Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words
Sirach 8:12
Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.
Sirach 8:13
Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
Sirach 8:14
Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.
Sirach 8:15
Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will, and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.
Sirach 8:16
Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
Sirach 8:17
Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.
Sirach 8:18
Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
Sirach 8:19
Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.
Sirach 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
Sirach 9:2
Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
Sirach 9:3
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
Sirach 9:5
Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
Sirach 9:6
Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.
Sirach 9:7
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
Sirach 9:8
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.
Sirach 9:9
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
Sirach 9:10
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Sirach 9:11
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
Sirach 9:12
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
Sirach 9:13
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
Sirach 10:6
Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.
Sirach 10:9
Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
Sirach 10:18
Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.
Sirach 10:19
They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.
Sirach 10:23
It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.
Sirach 10:25
Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.
Sirach 10:26
Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
Sirach 11:2
Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.
Sirach 11:4
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and exalt not thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works among men are hidden.
Sirach 11:7
Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, and then rebuke.
Sirach 11:8
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Sirach 11:9
Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not in judgment with sinners.
Sirach 11:10
My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
Sirach 11:19
Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
Sirach 11:21
Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.
Sirach 11:23
Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
Sirach 11:24
Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, and what evil shall I have hereafter?
Sirach 11:29
Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.
Sirach 12:2
Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.
Sirach 12:4
Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.
Sirach 12:5
Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for [else] thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.
Sirach 12:7
Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
Sirach 12:11
Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.
Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.
Sirach 12:15
For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.
Sirach 12:16
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.
Sirach 13:2
Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
Sirach 13:5
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it.
Sirach 13:8
Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity.
Sirach 13:10
Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten.
Sirach 13:11
Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:
Sirach 13:12
But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.
Sirach 13:22
When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.
Sirach 14:1
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
Sirach 14:2
Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
Sirach 14:3
Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
Sirach 14:5
He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
Sirach 14:9
A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
Sirach 14:12
Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
Sirach 14:14
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
Sirach 14:15
Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?
Sirach 15:4
He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.
Sirach 15:7
But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her.
Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
Sirach 15:11
Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth.
Sirach 15:12
Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Sirach 15:13
The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.
Sirach 16:1
Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
Sirach 16:2
Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.
Sirach 16:3
Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.
Sirach 16:7
He was not pacified toward the old giants, who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.
Sirach 16:9
He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in their sins:
Sirach 16:13
The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.
Sirach 16:15
The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.
Sirach 16:17
Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: shall any remember me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people: for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?
Sirach 17:15
Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.
Sirach 17:18
Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.
Sirach 17:28
Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord.
Sirach 17:30
For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal.
Sirach 18:15
My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.
Sirach 18:16
Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
Sirach 18:17
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.
Sirach 18:22
Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy vow in due time, and defer not until death to be justified.
Sirach 18:23
Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.
Sirach 18:27
A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the day of sinning he will beware of offence: but a fool will not observe time.
Sirach 18:30
Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.
Sirach 18:32
Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.
Sirach 18:33
Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, and be talked on.
Sirach 19:1
A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
Sirach 19:7
Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.
Sirach 19:8
Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst without offence, reveal them not.
Sirach 19:10
If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.
Sirach 19:13
Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.
Sirach 19:14
Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
Sirach 19:15
Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Sirach 19:16
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
Sirach 19:17
Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.
Sirach 19:21
If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him.
Sirach 19:22
The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
Sirach 19:27
Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.
Sirach 20:1
There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.
Sirach 20:6
Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time.
Sirach 20:10
There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.
Sirach 20:17
How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.
Sirach 20:20
A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.
Sirach 20:21
There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
Sirach 21:12
He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
Sirach 21:25
The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance.
Sirach 22:13
Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.
Sirach 22:21
Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning [to favour.]
Sirach 22:22
If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every friend will depart.
Sirach 22:23
Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration.
Sirach 22:25
I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.
Sirach 22:27
Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
Sirach 23:1
O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
Sirach 23:2
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins:
Sirach 23:4
O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy servants always a haughty mind.
Sirach 23:6
Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind.
Sirach 23:9
Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One.
Sirach 23:10
For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.
Sirach 23:11
A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.
Sirach 23:12
There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.
Sirach 23:13
Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.
Sirach 23:14
Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse they day of thy nativity.
Sirach 23:17
All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.
Sirach 23:18
A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and no body seeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins:
Sirach 23:19
Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.
Sirach 23:21
This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.
Sirach 23:25
Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
Sirach 23:26
She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall not be blotted out.
Sirach 24:22
He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
Sirach 24:24
Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
Sirach 24:28
The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
Sirach 24:34
Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.
Sirach 25:8
Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:
Sirach 25:21
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.
Sirach 25:23
A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh an heavy countenance and a wounded heart: a woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees.
Sirach 25:26
If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.
Sirach 26:8
A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.
Sirach 26:11
Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee.
Sirach 26:19
My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers.
Sirach 26:28
There be two things that grieve my heart; and the third maketh me angry: a man of war that suffereth poverty; and men of understanding that are not set by; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword.
Sirach 26:29
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
Sirach 27:19
As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again
Sirach 27:27
He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
Sirach 28:18
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
Sirach 28:19
Well is he that is defended through the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.
Sirach 28:22
It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
Sirach 28:23
Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.
Sirach 28:26
Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
Sirach 29:6
If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count as if he had found it: if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: he payeth him with cursings and railings; and for honour he will pay him disgrace.
Sirach 29:8
Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
Sirach 29:9
Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
Sirach 29:10
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.
Sirach 29:15
Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.
Sirach 29:20
Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
Sirach 29:23
Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
Sirach 29:24
For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
Sirach 30:4
Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
Sirach 30:5
While he lived, he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died, he was not sorrowful.
Sirach 30:8
An horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.
Sirach 30:10
Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.
Sirach 30:11
Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies.
Sirach 30:21
Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.
Sirach 31:2
Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,
Sirach 31:5
He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
Sirach 31:8
Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
Sirach 31:10
Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
Sirach 31:12
If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.
Sirach 31:14
Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
Sirach 31:15
Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
Sirach 31:17
Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
Sirach 31:18
When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
Sirach 31:19
A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
Sirach 31:22
My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
Sirach 31:24
But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
Sirach 31:25
Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
Sirach 31:31
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink.]
Sirach 32:1
If thou be made the master [of a feast,] lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
Sirach 32:3
Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.
Sirach 32:4
Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.
Sirach 32:9
If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them; and when ancient men are in place, use not many words.
Sirach 32:11
Rise up betimes, and be not the last; but get thee home without delay.
Sirach 32:12
There take thy pastime, and do what thou wilt: but sin not by proud speech.
Sirach 32:17
A sinful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excuse according to his will.
Sirach 32:18
A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.
Sirach 32:19
Do nothing without advice; and when thou hast once done, repent not.
Sirach 32:20
Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.
Sirach 32:21
Be not confident in a plain way.
Sirach 33:2
A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
Sirach 33:17
Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning.
Sirach 33:19
Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.
Sirach 33:20
As long as thou livest and hast breath in thee, give not thyself over to any.
Sirach 33:22
In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.
Sirach 33:27
Send him to labour, that he be not idle; for idleness teacheth much evil.
Sirach 33:28
Set him to work, as is fit for him: if he be not obedient, put on more heavy fetters.
Sirach 33:29
But be not excessive toward any; and without discretion do nothing.
Sirach 34:6
If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
Sirach 34:14
Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
Sirach 34:18
He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
Sirach 34:19
The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
Sirach 35:4
Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord.
Sirach 35:8
Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.
Sirach 35:12
Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge, and with him is no respect of persons.
Sirach 35:13
He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
Sirach 35:14
He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
Sirach 35:15
Do not the tears run down the widow's cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
Sirach 35:17
The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.
Sirach 35:18
For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;
Sirach 36:2
And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
Sirach 36:23
If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
Sirach 37:2
Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?
Sirach 37:6
Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
Sirach 37:10
Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.
Sirach 37:11
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Sirach 37:21
For grace is not given, him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom.
Sirach 37:23
A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
Sirach 37:27
My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.
Sirach 37:28
For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.
Sirach 37:29
Be not unsatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon meats:
Sirach 38:4
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
Sirach 38:5
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
Sirach 38:9
My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
Sirach 38:11
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
Sirach 38:12
Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Sirach 38:16
My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
Sirach 38:21
Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
Sirach 38:32
Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
Sirach 38:33
They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Sirach 39:9
Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; his memorial shall not depart away, and his name shall live from generation to generation.
Sirach 39:21
A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
Sirach 39:31
They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word.
Sirach 40:15
The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.
Sirach 40:26
Riches and strength lift up the heart: but the fear of the Lord is above them both: there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek help.
Sirach 40:28
My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
Sirach 40:29
The life of him that dependeth on another man's table is not to be counted for a life; for he polluteth himself with other men's meat: but a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.
Sirach 41:3
Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before thee, and that come after; for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.
Sirach 41:14
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
Sirach 41:16
Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every thing.
Sirach 41:22
Or to be overbusy with his maid, and come not near her bed; or of upbraiding speeches before friends; and after thou hast given, upbraid not;
Sirach 42:1
Of these things be not thou ashamed, and accept no person to sin thereby:
Sirach 42:8
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: thus shalt thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living.
Sirach 42:12
Behold not every body's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
Sirach 42:17
The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
Sirach 43:30
When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.
Sirach 44:10
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.
Sirach 44:13
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Sirach 45:26
God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.
Sirach 46:4
Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
Sirach 46:11
And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
Sirach 46:19
And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
Sirach 47:4
Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?
Sirach 47:22
But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.
Sirach 48:12
Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.
Sirach 48:15
For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:
Sirach 50:4
He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
Sirach 51:4
From the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not;
Sirach 51:10
I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the proud, when there was no help.
Sirach 51:18
For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
Sirach 51:20
I directed my soul unto her, and I found her in pureness: I have had my heart joined with her from the beginning, therefore shall I not be foresaken.
Sirach 51:29
Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and be not ashamed of his praise.
Baruch 1:13
Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us.
Baruch 1:18
And disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly:
Baruch 1:19
Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.
Baruch 1:21
Nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us:
Baruch 2:5
Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
Baruch 2:8
Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
Baruch 2:10
Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
Baruch 2:19
Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
Baruch 2:22
But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
Baruch 2:24
But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.
Baruch 2:29
If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
Baruch 2:30
For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
Baruch 2:34
And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
Baruch 3:4
O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
Baruch 3:5
Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
Baruch 3:20
Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
Baruch 3:22
It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
Baruch 3:27
Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
Baruch 4:3
Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
Baruch 4:6
Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
Baruch 4:7
For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
Baruch 4:13
They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
Additions to Esther 10:9
And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
Additions to Esther 13:2
After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.
Additions to Esther 13:5
Seeing then we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men, differing in the strange manner of their laws, and evil affected to our state, working all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly established:
Additions to Esther 13:12
Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that I did not bow down to proud Aman.
Additions to Esther 13:14
But I did this, that I might not prefer the glory of man above the glory of God: neither will I worship any but thee, O God, neither will I do it in pride.
Additions to Esther 13:16
Despise not the portion, which thou hast delivered out of Egypt for thine own self.
Additions to Esther 13:17
Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O Lord.
Additions to Esther 14:8
Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols,
Additions to Esther 14:11
O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto them that be nothing, and let them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this against us.
Additions to Esther 14:16
Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am private by myself.
Additions to Esther 14:17
And that thine handmaid hath not eaten at Aman's table, and that I have not greatly esteemed the king's feast, nor drunk the wine of the drink offerings.
Additions to Esther 15:10
Thou shalt not die, though our our commandment be general: come near.
Additions to Esther 16:3
And endeavour to hurt not our subjects only, but not being able to bear abundance, do take in hand to practise also against those that do them good:
Additions to Esther 16:4
And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all things and hateth evil.
Additions to Esther 16:7
Now ye may see this, as we have declared, not so much by ancient histories, as ye may, if ye search what hath been wickedly done of late through the pestilent behaviour of them that are unworthily placed in authority.
Additions to Esther 16:12
But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of our kingdom and life:
Additions to Esther 16:17
Wherefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the letters sent unto you by Aman the son of Amadatha.
Additions to Esther 16:24
Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy with fire and sword, and shall be made not only unpassable for men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and fowls for ever.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:15
Whereby they are known not to be gods: therefore fear them not.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:19
They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:22
By this ye may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:23
Notwithstanding the gold that is about them to make them beautiful, except they wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten did they feel it.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:28
Menstruous women and women in childbed eat their sacrifices: by these things ye may know that they are no gods: fear them not.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:33
Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can neither set up a king, nor put him down.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:34
In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:42
The women also with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume: but if any of them, drawn by some that passeth by, lie with him, she reproacheth her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:51
Who then may not know that they are no gods?
Letter of Jeremiah 1:64
Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not,
Letter of Jeremiah 1:68
It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
Additions to Daniel 1:7
In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that it might go well with us.
Additions to Daniel 1:11
Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:
Additions to Daniel 1:12
And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved Abraham's sake, for thy servant Issac's sake, and for thy holy Israel's sake;
Additions to Daniel 1:17
Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
Additions to Daniel 1:19
Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
Additions to Daniel 1:23
And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
Additions to Daniel 1:27
And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
Susanna 1:9
And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
Susanna 1:10
And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not one shew another his grief.
Susanna 1:18
And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: but they saw not the elders, because they were hid.
Susanna 1:21
If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
Susanna 1:22
Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
Susanna 1:23
It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
Susanna 1:39
And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out.
Susanna 1:40
But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: these things do we testify.
Susanna 1:53
For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
Susanna 1:56
So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said unto him, O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thine heart.
Susanna 1:57
Thus have ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear companied with you: but the daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.
Bel and the Dragon 1:4
And the king worshipped it and went daily to adore it: but Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why dost not thou worship Bel?
Bel and the Dragon 1:5
Who answered and said, Because I may not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, who hath created the heaven and the earth, and hath sovereignty over all flesh.
Bel and the Dragon 1:6
Then said the king unto him, Thinkest thou not that Bel is a living God? seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
Bel and the Dragon 1:7
Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
Bel and the Dragon 1:8
So the king was wroth, and called for his priests, and said unto them, If ye tell me not who this is that devoureth these expences, ye shall die.
Bel and the Dragon 1:12
And to morrow when thou comest in, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaketh falsely against us.
Bel and the Dragon 1:19
Then laughed Daniel, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps are these.
Bel and the Dragon 1:24
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
Bel and the Dragon 1:32
And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.
Prayer of Manassheh 1:1
O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;
1 Maccabees 1:50
And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
1 Maccabees 1:62
Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing.
1 Maccabees 1:63
Wherefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
1 Maccabees 2:10
What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom and gotten of her spoils?
1 Maccabees 2:22
We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left.
1 Maccabees 2:34
But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king's commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
1 Maccabees 2:36
Howbeit they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped the places where they lay hid;
1 Maccabees 2:40
And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
1 Maccabees 2:52
Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness?
1 Maccabees 2:62
Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.
1 Maccabees 2:63
To day he shall be lifted up and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing.
1 Maccabees 3:19
For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.
1 Maccabees 3:22
Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.
1 Maccabees 3:30
He feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.
1 Maccabees 4:8
Then said Judas to the men that were with him, Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.
1 Maccabees 4:17
And said to the people, Be not greedy of the spoil inasmuch as there is a battle before us,
1 Maccabees 5:19
Unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Take ye the charge of this people, and see that ye make not war against the heathen until the time that we come again.
1 Maccabees 5:40
Then Timotheus said unto the captains of his host, When Judas and his host come near the brook, if he pass over first unto us, we shall not be able to withstand him; for he will mightily prevail against us:
1 Maccabees 5:46
Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.
1 Maccabees 5:48
Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.
1 Maccabees 5:54
So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
1 Maccabees 5:61
Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel, because they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren, but thought to do some valiant act.
1 Maccabees 5:62
Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.
1 Maccabees 6:3
Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
1 Maccabees 6:8
Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.
1 Maccabees 6:27
Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do the greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
1 Maccabees 7:3
Wherefore, when he knew it, he said, Let me not see their faces.
1 Maccabees 7:25
On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them that he could.
1 Maccabees 7:38
Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
1 Maccabees 7:46
Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left.
1 Maccabees 9:10
Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honour.
1 Maccabees 9:22
As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written: for they were very many.
1 Maccabees 9:27
So was there a great affliction in Israel, the like whereof was not since the time that a prophet was not seen among them.
1 Maccabees 9:44
Then Jonathan said to his company, Let us go up now and fight for our lives, for it standeth not with us to day, as in time past:
1 Maccabees 9:48
Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan, and swam over unto the other bank: howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them.
1 Maccabees 9:60
Then removed he, and came with a great host, and sent letters privily to his adherents in Judea, that they should take Jonathan and those that were with him: howbeit they could not, because their counsel was known unto them.
1 Maccabees 10:26
Whereas ye have kept covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, not joining yourselves with our enemies, we have heard hereof, and are glad.
1 Maccabees 10:30
And from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part or the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judea, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
1 Maccabees 10:41
And all the overplus, which the officers payed not in as in former time, from henceforth shall be given toward the works of the temple.
1 Maccabees 10:61
At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him, to accuse him: but the king would not hear them.
1 Maccabees 10:72
Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to to flight in their own land.
1 Maccabees 10:73
Wherefore now thou shalt not be able to abide the horsemen and so great a power in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place to flee unto.
1 Maccabees 11:22
Whereof when he heard, he was angry, and immediately removing, he came to Ptolemais, and wrote unto Jonathan, that he should not lay siege to the tower, but come and speak with him at Ptolemais in great haste.
1 Maccabees 11:42
So Demetrius sent unto Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for thee and thy people, but I will greatly honour thee and thy nation, if opportunity serve.
1 Maccabees 11:70
Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of the host.
1 Maccabees 12:14
Howbeit we would not be troublesome unto you, nor to others of our confederates and friends, in these wars:
1 Maccabees 12:29
Howbeit Jonathan and his company knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.
1 Maccabees 12:30
Then Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they were gone over the river Eleutherus.
1 Maccabees 12:40
Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan.
1 Maccabees 12:42
Now when Tryphon saw Jonathan came with so great a force, he durst not stretch his hand against him;
1 Maccabees 13:16
Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
1 Maccabees 13:18
Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
1 Maccabees 13:22
Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad.
1 Maccabees 13:46
And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
1 Maccabees 15:27
Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him.
1 Maccabees 15:31
Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
1 Maccabees 15:35
And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give thee an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word;
2 Maccabees 2:2
And how that the prophet, having given them the law, charged them not to forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, when they see images of silver and gold, with their ornaments.
2 Maccabees 2:3
And with other such speeches exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts.
2 Maccabees 2:6
And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
2 Maccabees 2:11
And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.
2 Maccabees 2:26
Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of abridging, it was not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching;
2 Maccabees 3:5
And when he could not overcome Onias, he gat him to Apollonius the son of Thraseas, who then was governor of Celosyria and Phenice,
2 Maccabees 3:6
And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of money, so that the multitude of their riches, which did not pertain to the account of the sacrifices, was innumerable, and that it was possible to bring all into the king's hand.
2 Maccabees 3:11
And that some of it belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed: the sum whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:
2 Maccabees 4:5
He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but seeking the good of all, both publick and private:
2 Maccabees 4:15
Not setting by the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all.
2 Maccabees 4:17
For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.
2 Maccabees 4:19
This ungracious Jason sent special messengers from Jerusalem, who were Antiochians, to carry three hundred drachms of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought fit not to bestow upon the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other charges.
2 Maccabees 4:21
Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppa, and from thence to Jerusalem:
2 Maccabees 4:35
For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other nations, took great indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
2 Maccabees 5:6
But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
2 Maccabees 5:7
Howbeit for all this he obtained not the principality, but at the last received shame for the reward of his treason, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
2 Maccabees 5:12
And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
2 Maccabees 5:15
Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelans, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
2 Maccabees 5:17
And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.
2 Maccabees 5:18
For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
2 Maccabees 5:19
Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place far the people's sake.
2 Maccabees 6:1
Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
2 Maccabees 6:4
For the temple was filled with riot and revelling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful.
2 Maccabees 6:9
And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
2 Maccabees 6:12
Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.
2 Maccabees 6:13
For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.
2 Maccabees 6:14
For not as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish, till they be come to the fulness of their sins, so dealeth he with us,
2 Maccabees 6:20
As it behoved them to come, that are resolute to stand out against such things, as are not lawful for love of life to be tasted.
2 Maccabees 6:24
For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;
2 Maccabees 6:26
For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.
2 Maccabees 6:31
And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.
2 Maccabees 7:16
Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;
2 Maccabees 7:18
After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvellous things are done unto us.
2 Maccabees 7:19
But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.
2 Maccabees 7:23
But doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws' sake.
2 Maccabees 7:24
Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs.
2 Maccabees 7:28
I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.
2 Maccabees 7:29
Fear not this tormentor, but, being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren.
2 Maccabees 7:30
Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king's commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
2 Maccabees 7:31
And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.
2 Maccabees 7:34
But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:
2 Maccabees 7:35
For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.
2 Maccabees 8:5
Now when Maccabeis had his company about him, he could not be withstood by the heathen: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.
2 Maccabees 8:11
Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews, and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent, not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the Almighty God.
2 Maccabees 8:15
And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by which they were called.
2 Maccabees 8:16
So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight manfully,
2 Maccabees 8:36
Thus he, that took upon him to make good to the Romans their tribute by means of captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God to fight for them, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws that he gave them.
2 Maccabees 9:12
And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal should not proudly think of himself if he were God.
2 Maccabees 9:15
And as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
2 Maccabees 9:18
But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner:
2 Maccabees 9:22
Not distrusting mine health, but having great hope to escape this sickness.
2 Maccabees 9:24
To the end that, if any thing fell out contrary to expectation, or if any tidings were brought that were grievous, they of the land, knowing to whom the state was left, might not be troubled:
2 Maccabees 10:4
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned any more against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
2 Maccabees 10:6
And they kept the eight days with gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.
2 Maccabees 10:24
Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
2 Maccabees 11:1
Not long after the, Lysias the king's protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that were done.
2 Maccabees 11:4
Not at all considering the power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
2 Maccabees 11:9
Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
2 Maccabees 11:13
Who, as he was a man of understanding, casting with himself what loss he had had, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them,
2 Maccabees 11:24
We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws.
2 Maccabees 12:2
But of the governours of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
2 Maccabees 12:14
But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with Judas, railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
2 Maccabees 12:18
But as for Timotheus, they found him not in the places: for before he had dispatched any thing, he departed from thence, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold.
2 Maccabees 12:24
Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
2 Maccabees 12:44
For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
2 Maccabees 13:3
Menelans also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
2 Maccabees 13:7
Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much as burial in the earth; and that most justly:
2 Maccabees 13:11
And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations.
2 Maccabees 14:6
Those of the Jews that he called Assideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the rest be in peace.
2 Maccabees 14:10
For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.
2 Maccabees 14:18
Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the manliness of them that were with Judas, and the courageousness that they had to fight for their country, durst not try the matter by the sword.
2 Maccabees 14:24
And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight: for he love the man from his heart
2 Maccabees 14:26
But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was betwixt them, and considering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor was not well affected toward the state; for that he had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king's successor.
2 Maccabees 14:30
Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.
2 Maccabees 14:32
And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was whom he sought,
2 Maccabees 14:33
He stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
2 Maccabees 14:38
For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
2 Maccabees 15:2
Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said, O destroy not so cruelly and barbarously, but give honour to that day, which he, that seeth all things, hath honoured with holiness above all other days.
2 Maccabees 15:5
Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
2 Maccabees 15:8
Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid, which should come unto them from the Almighty.
2 Maccabees 15:11
Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.
2 Maccabees 15:17
Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
2 Maccabees 15:19
Also they that were in the city took not the least care, being troubled for the conflict abroad.
2 Maccabees 15:21
Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy:
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