Verses with the word of in the Apocrypha (3127 verses; showing verse 1001 - 1500):
Judith 13:7
And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.
Judith 13:10
And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
Judith 13:12
Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of their city, and they called the elders of the city.
Judith 13:14
Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by mine hands this night.
Judith 13:15
So she took the head out of the bag, and shewed it, and said unto them, behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
Judith 13:17
Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshipped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people.
Judith 13:18
Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
Judith 13:19
For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.
Judith 13:20
And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God. And all the people said; So be it, so be it.
Judith 14:1
Then said Judith unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and take this head, and hang it upon the highest place of your walls.
Judith 14:2
And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, take ye every one his weapons, and go forth every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but go not down.
Judith 14:3
Then they shall take their armour, and shall go into their camp, and raise up the captains of the army of Assur, and shall run to the tent of Holofernes, but shall not find him: then fear shall fall upon them, and they shall flee before your face.
Judith 14:4
So ye, and all that inhabit the coast of Israel, shall pursue them, and overthrow them as they go.
Judith 14:5
But before ye do these things, call me Achior the Ammonite, that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to us as it were to his death.
Judith 14:6
Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; and when he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man's hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.
Judith 14:7
But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced her, and said, Blessed art thou in all the tabernacles of Juda, and in all nations, which hearing thy name shall be astonished.
Judith 14:8
Now therefore tell me all the things that thou hast done in these days. Then Judith declared unto him in the midst of the people all that she had done, from the day that she went forth until that hour she spake unto them.
Judith 14:10
And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined unto the house of Israel unto this day.
Judith 14:11
And as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went forth by bands unto the straits of the mountain.
Judith 14:12
But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
Judith 14:13
So they came to Holofernes' tent, and said to him that had the charge of all his things, Waken now our lord: for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed.
Judith 14:14
Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
Judith 14:18
These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.
Judith 14:19
When the captains of the Assyrians' army heard these words, they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled, and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp.
Judith 15:2
And fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour, but rushing out all together, they fled into every way of the plain, and of the hill country.
Judith 15:3
They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the children of Israel, every one that was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.
Judith 15:4
Then sent Ozias to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel, such as should tell the things that were done, and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them.
Judith 15:5
Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them with one consent, and slew them unto Chobai: likewise also they that came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill country, (for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies) and they that were in Galaad, and in Galilee, chased them with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and the borders thereof.
Judith 15:6
And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assur, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
Judith 15:7
And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, gat many spoils: for the multitude was very great.
Judith 15:8
Then Joacim the high priest, and the ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt in Jerusalem, came to behold the good things that God had shewed to Israel, and to see Judith, and to salute her.
Judith 15:9
And when they came unto her, they blessed her with one accord, and said unto her, Thou art the exaltation of Jerusalem, thou art the great glory of Israel, thou art the great rejoicing of our nation:
Judith 15:10
Thou hast done all these things by thine hand: thou hast done much good to Israel, and God is pleased therewith: blessed be thou of the Almighty Lord for evermore. And all the people said, So be it.
Judith 15:11
And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.
Judith 15:12
Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her, and blessed her, and made a dance among them for her: and she took branches in her hand, and gave also to the women that were with her.
Judith 15:13
And they put a garland of olive upon her and her maid that was with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour with garlands, and with songs in their mouths.
Judith 16:1
Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.
Judith 16:3
For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.
Judith 16:4
Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.
Judith 16:6
But the Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.
Judith 16:7
For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.
Judith 16:8
For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a tire, and took a linen garment to deceive him.
Judith 16:12
The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives' children: they perished by the battle of the Lord.
Judith 16:17
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.
Judith 16:19
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.
Judith 16:20
So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for the space of three months and Judith remained with them.
Judith 16:22
And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.
Judith 16:23
But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband's house, being an hundred and five years old, and made her maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Judith 16:24
And the house of Israel lamented her seven days: and before she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the nearest of her kindred.
Judith 16:25
And there was none that made the children of Israel any more afraid in the days of Judith, nor a long time after her death.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:1
Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:2
For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:5
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:6
For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:7
For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:9
For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:10
For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:11
Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:12
Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13
For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:14
For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:1
For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:2
For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:4
And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:7
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:9
Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:10
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:11
Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:12
Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:13
He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:15
He is grievous unto us even to behold: for his life is not like other men's, his ways are of another fashion.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:16
We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:17
Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:18
For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:22
As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:23
For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:24
Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:2
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
Wisdom of Solomon 3:4
For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:7
And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:13
Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:14
And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:15
For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:16
As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:18
Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:19
For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:3
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:4
For though they flourish in branches for a time; yet standing not last, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:6
For children begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:8
For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:10
He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:12
For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:16
Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:17
For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:20
And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:1
Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:2
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:3
And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:
Wisdom of Solomon 5:5
How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Wisdom of Solomon 5:6
Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:7
We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:10
And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;
Wisdom of Solomon 5:11
Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
Wisdom of Solomon 5:13
Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:14
For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:15
But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:17
He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:18
He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:22
And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:23
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:1
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:2
Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:3
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:4
Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:7
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man's person, neither shall he stand in awe of any man's greatness: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:12
Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:15
To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:16
For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:17
For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:18
And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:20
Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:21
If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:22
As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:24
But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:1
I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,
Wisdom of Solomon 7:2
And in my mother's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months, being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:3
And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:5
For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:7
Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:8
I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:9
Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:10
I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:12
And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them: and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:14
For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:16
For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:17
For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:18
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:19
The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:20
The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:22
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,
Wisdom of Solomon 7:24
For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:25
For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:26
For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:27
And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:2
I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:3
In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:4
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:6
And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she?
Wisdom of Solomon 8:8
If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:9
Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:11
I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:13
Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:15
Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, when they do but hear of me; I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:18
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:21
Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
Wisdom of Solomon 9:1
O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
Wisdom of Solomon 9:5
For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:6
For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:7
Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:
Wisdom of Solomon 9:8
Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:10
O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:13
For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
Wisdom of Solomon 9:14
For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:18
For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:1
She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,
Wisdom of Solomon 10:4
For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:7
Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:8
For regarding not wisdom, they gat not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good; but also left behind them to the world a memorial of their foolishness: so that in the things wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:10
When the righteous fled from his brother's wrath she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:11
In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:14
And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:16
She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, and withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;
Wisdom of Solomon 10:17
Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a cover by day, and a light of stars in the night season;
Wisdom of Solomon 10:19
But she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:21
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:1
She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:3
They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their adversaries.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:4
When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:6
For instead of of a perpetual running river troubled with foul blood,
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For a manifest reproof of that commandment, whereby the infants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for:
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For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
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For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.
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For whom they respected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
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But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;
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For thy Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or fierce lions,
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Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes:
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Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
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For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt; and who may withstand the power of thine arm?
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For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.
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But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.
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But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
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For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
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Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;
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And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood,
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With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:
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That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might receive a worthy colony of God's children.
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Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy them by little and little.
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Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:
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But executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:11
For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:16
For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
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For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:19
But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:20
For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
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With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
Wisdom of Solomon 12:22
Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:24
For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:25
Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:26
But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:1
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
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But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
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With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
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For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.
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But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who call them gods, which are the works of men's hands, gold and silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:11
Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skillfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man's life;
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And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
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And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;
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For he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help:
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For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:
Wisdom of Solomon 13:19
And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
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For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.
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Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
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For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
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Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:12
For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
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For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.
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For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
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Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.
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Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:18
Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
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For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
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And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured.
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Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
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For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites;
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Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of souls, changing of kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.
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For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
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Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished: both because they thought not well of God, giving heed unto idols, and also unjustly swore in deceit, despising holiness.
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For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:3
For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.
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For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter's fruitless labour;
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The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.
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Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.
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For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service: yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
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And employing his labours lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, even he which a little before was made of earth himself, and within a little while after returneth to the same, out when his life which was lent him shall be demanded.
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His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth, and his life of less value than clay:
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For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images, knoweth himself to offend above all others.
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And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
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For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle; and as for their feet, they are slow to go.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:19
Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: but they went without the praise of God and his blessing.
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Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.
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Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite:
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To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
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For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
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But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
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For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.
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For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
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But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.
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For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
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For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
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For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
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For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.
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And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
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For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
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But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
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For the creature that serveth thee, who art the Maker increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.
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Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:
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That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
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For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:
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For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:2
For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.
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For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with [strange] apparitions.
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For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises [as of waters] falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
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No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
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Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.
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As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.
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For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.
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For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,
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They died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.
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For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.
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But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,
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For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
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Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,
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Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.
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Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.
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But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.
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Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and an harmless sun to entertain them honourably.
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For they were worthy to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
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And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.
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Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.
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So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.
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For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.
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But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.
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So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
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For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.
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For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
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Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
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Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.
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And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
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Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.
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For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.
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So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
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For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the daidem of his head.
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Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:3
For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.
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As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; and where water stood before, dry land appeared; and out of the Red sea a way without impediment; and out of the violent stream a green field:
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For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.
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But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats.
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And punishments came upon the sinners not without former signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful behaviour toward strangers.
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For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came: but these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them.
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And not only so, but peradventure some respect shall be had of those, because they used strangers not friendly:
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But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them.
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Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:18
For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:21
On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, though they walked therein; neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat that was of nature apt to melt.
Sirach 1:2
Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
Sirach 1:3
Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?
Sirach 1:4
Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
Sirach 1:5
The word of God most high is the fountain of wisdom; and her ways are everlasting commandments.
Sirach 1:6
To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed? or who hath known her wise counsels?
Sirach 1:7
[Unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom been made manifest? and who hath understood her great experience?]
Sirach 1:11
The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
Sirach 1:12
The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy, and gladness, and a long life.
Sirach 1:13
Whoso feareth the Lord, it shall go well with him at the last, and he shall find favour in the day of his death.
Sirach 1:14
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
Sirach 1:16
To fear the Lord is fullness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits.
Sirach 1:18
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish; both which are the gifts of God: and it enlargeth their rejoicing that love him.
Sirach 1:19
Wisdom raineth down skill and knowledge of understanding standing, and exalteth them to honour that hold her fast.
Sirach 1:20
The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and the branches thereof are long life.
Sirach 1:21
The fear of the Lord driveth away sins: and where it is present, it turneth away wrath.
Sirach 1:22
A furious man cannot be justified; for the sway of his fury shall be his destruction.
Sirach 1:24
He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
Sirach 1:25
The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
Sirach 1:27
For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.
Sirach 1:28
Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor: and come not unto him with a double heart.
Sirach 1:29
Be not an hypocrite in the sight of men, and take good heed what thou speakest.
Sirach 1:30
Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation, because thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit.
Sirach 2:2
Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Sirach 2:5
For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Sirach 2:10
Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Sirach 2:11
For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
Sirach 2:18
Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Sirach 3:2
For the Lord hath given the father honour over the children, and hath confirmed the authority of the mother over the sons.
Sirach 3:5
Whoso honoureth his father shall have joy of his own children; and when he maketh his prayer, he shall be heard.
Sirach 3:9
For the blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children; but the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.
Sirach 3:10
Glory not in the dishonour of thy father; for thy father's dishonour is no glory unto thee.
Sirach 3:11
For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father; and a mother in dishonour is a reproach to the children.
Sirach 3:14
For the relieving of thy father shall not be forgotten: and instead of sins it shall be added to build thee up.
Sirach 3:15
In the day of thine affliction it shall be remembered; thy sins also shall melt away, as the ice in the fair warm weather.
Sirach 3:16
He that forsaketh his father is as a blasphemer; and he that angereth his mother is cursed: of God.
Sirach 3:17
My son, go on with thy business in meekness; so shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.
Sirach 3:19
Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek.
Sirach 3:20
For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.
Sirach 3:28
In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy; for the plant of wickedness hath taken root in him.
Sirach 3:29
The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man.
Sirach 3:31
And he that requiteth good turns is mindful of that which may come hereafter; and when he falleth, he shall find a stay.
Sirach 4:1
My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
Sirach 4:4
Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
Sirach 4:6
For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
Sirach 4:7
Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
Sirach 4:9
Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
Sirach 4:10
Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
Sirach 4:11
Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her.
Sirach 4:20
Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
Sirach 4:22
Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
Sirach 4:24
For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.
Sirach 4:25
In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
Sirach 4:26
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
Sirach 4:27
Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
Sirach 5:2
Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart:
Sirach 5:6
And say not His mercy is great; he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners.
Sirach 5:7
Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day: for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance.
Sirach 5:8
Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
Sirach 5:13
Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
Sirach 5:15
Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
Sirach 6:1
Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for [thereby] thou shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue.
Sirach 6:2
Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart; that thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull [straying alone.]
Sirach 6:4
A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.
Sirach 6:6
Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.
Sirach 6:8
For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
Sirach 6:10
Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.
Sirach 6:13
Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
Sirach 6:16
A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him.
Sirach 6:19
Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her, but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.
Sirach 6:21
She will lie upon him as a mighty stone of trial; and he will cast her from him ere it be long.
Sirach 6:27
Search, and seek, and she shall be made known unto thee: and when thou hast got hold of her, let her not go.
Sirach 6:29
Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and her chains a robe of glory.
Sirach 6:31
Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour, and shalt put her about thee as a crown of joy.
Sirach 6:34
Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.
Sirach 6:35
Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
Sirach 6:36
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
Sirach 6:37
Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.
Sirach 7:3
My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
Sirach 7:4
Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
Sirach 7:5
justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
Sirach 7:6
Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
Sirach 7:7
Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.
Sirach 7:9
Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.
Sirach 7:11
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
Sirach 7:13
Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
Sirach 7:14
Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
Sirach 7:16
Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
Sirach 7:17
Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
Sirach 7:18
Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
Sirach 7:21
Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.
Sirach 7:24
Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.
Sirach 7:25
Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
Sirach 7:27
Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
Sirach 7:28
Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
Sirach 7:31
Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.
Sirach 7:33
A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
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 8:5
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 8:8
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 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
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 9:11
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
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 9:15
Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
Sirach 9:16
And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
Sirach 9:17
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
Sirach 9:18
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
Sirach 10:1
A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
Sirach 10:2
As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.
Sirach 10:3
An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
Sirach 10:4
The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.
Sirach 10:5
In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.
Sirach 10:8
Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
Sirach 10:12
The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
Sirach 10:13
For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Sirach 10:14
The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.
Sirach 10:15
The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.
Sirach 10:16
The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
Sirach 10:17
He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.
Sirach 10:18
Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.
Sirach 10:21
The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.
Sirach 10:22
Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.
Sirach 10:24
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Sirach 10:26
Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
Sirach 11:1
Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.
Sirach 11:3
The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit is the chief of sweet things.
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 11:5
Many kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.
Sirach 11:8
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Sirach 11:12
Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
Sirach 11:14
Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.
Sirach 11:15
Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.
Sirach 11:17
The gift of the Lord remaineth with the ungodly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.
Sirach 11:18
There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this his the portion of his reward:
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 11:22
The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly, and suddenly he maketh his blessing flourish.
Sirach 11:23
Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
Sirach 11:25
In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction: and in the day of affliction there is no more remembrance of prosperity.
Sirach 11:26
For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways.
Sirach 11:27
The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
Sirach 11:30
Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of the proud; and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
Sirach 11:32
Of a spark of fire a heap of coals is kindled: and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.
Sirach 11:33
Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness; lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.
Sirach 11:34
Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.
Sirach 12:6
For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.
Sirach 12:9
In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.
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 13:6
If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou?
Sirach 13:9
If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.
Sirach 13:13
Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep.
Sirach 13:21
A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.
Sirach 13:24
Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
Sirach 13:25
The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
Sirach 13:26
A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind.
Sirach 14:1
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
Sirach 14:6
There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
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 14:16
Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
Sirach 14:18
As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
Sirach 14:20
Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.
Sirach 15:1
He that feareth the Lord will do good, and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her.
Sirach 15:2
And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
Sirach 15:3
With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
Sirach 15:5
She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.
Sirach 15:6
He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
Sirach 15:12
Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Sirach 15:14
He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;
Sirach 15:18
For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
Sirach 15:19
And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.
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 16:4
For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.
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