Ecclesiasticus 42:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are." Ecclesiasticus 42:6 KJVcopysave
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
Ecclesiasticus 32:23chapter contextsimilarmeaning"In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments." Ecclesiasticus 32:23 KJVcopysave
In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments.
Ecclesiasticus 40:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"A little or nothing is his rest, and afterward he is in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he were escaped out of a battle." Ecclesiasticus 40:6 KJVcopysave
A little or nothing is his rest, and afterward he is in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he were escaped out of a battle.
2 Maccabees 3:40chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out on this sort." 2 Maccabees 3:40 KJVcopysave
And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out on this sort.
2 Maccabees 5:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves." 2 Maccabees 5:25 KJVcopysave
Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
2 Esdras 1:31chapter contextsimilarmeaning"When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken." 2 Esdras 1:31 KJVcopysave
When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:18chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;" Wisdom of Solomon 6:18 KJVcopysave
And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
2 Maccabees 9:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven." 2 Maccabees 9:20 KJVcopysave
If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
1 Maccabees 10:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid." 1 Maccabees 10:24 KJVcopysave
I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid.
2 Esdras 16:65chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And when your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed before men, and your own sins shall be your accusers in that day." 2 Esdras 16:65 KJVcopysave
And when your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed before men, and your own sins shall be your accusers in that day.
1 Esdras 1:4chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds," 1 Esdras 1:4 KJVcopysave
And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,
2 Maccabees 11:29chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:" 2 Maccabees 11:29 KJVcopysave
Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:
Ecclesiasticus 51:26chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find." Ecclesiasticus 51:26 KJVcopysave
Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.
Additions to Esther 14:5chapter contextsimilarmeaning"From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them." Additions to Esther 14:5 KJVcopysave
From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them.
Ecclesiasticus 51:30chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward." Ecclesiasticus 51:30 KJVcopysave
Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.
2 Esdras 16:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand." 2 Esdras 16:2 KJVcopysave
Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.
Tobit 2:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation." Tobit 2:6 KJVcopysave
Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.
2 Esdras 1:26chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter." 2 Esdras 1:26 KJVcopysave
Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.
Baruch 4:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate." Baruch 4:19 KJVcopysave
Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
Baruch 2:21chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers." Baruch 2:21 KJVcopysave
Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
1 Maccabees 2:50chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers." 1 Maccabees 2:50 KJVcopysave
Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
2 Esdras 16:63chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin." 2 Esdras 16:63 KJVcopysave
Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands." Wisdom of Solomon 1:12 KJVcopysave
Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.
2 Esdras 14:34chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy." 2 Esdras 14:34 KJVcopysave
Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:3chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 6:3 KJVcopysave
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Baruch 4:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting." Baruch 4:24 KJVcopysave
Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
1 Maccabees 12:23chapter contextsimilarmeaning"We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our's, and our's are your's We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise." 1 Maccabees 12:23 KJVcopysave
We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our's, and our's are your's We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise.
2 Esdras 16:76chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves." 2 Esdras 16:76 KJVcopysave
And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves.
2 Esdras 16:67chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for ever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble." 2 Esdras 16:67 KJVcopysave
Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for ever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
2 Esdras 1:29chapter contextsimilarmeaning"That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?" 2 Esdras 1:29 KJVcopysave
That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?