2 Esdras 6:59chapter contextsimilarmeaning"If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?" 2 Esdras 6:59 KJVcopysave
If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?
2 Esdras 8:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few." 2 Esdras 8:1 KJVcopysave
And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:8chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 10:8 KJVcopysave
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.
2 Maccabees 5:15chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:" 2 Maccabees 5:15 KJVcopysave
Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
2 Esdras 9:13chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created." 2 Esdras 9:13 KJVcopysave
And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created.
2 Esdras 6:55chapter contextsimilarmeaning"All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes" 2 Esdras 6:55 KJVcopysave
All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes
2 Esdras 7:67chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein." 2 Esdras 7:67 KJVcopysave
For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.
2 Esdras 2:36chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly." 2 Esdras 2:36 KJVcopysave
Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.
Prayer of Azariah 1:14chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins." Prayer of Azariah 1:14 KJVcopysave
For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
2 Esdras 4:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And said, Thy heart hath gone to far in this world, and thinkest thou to comprehend the way of the most High?" 2 Esdras 4:2 KJVcopysave
And said, Thy heart hath gone to far in this world, and thinkest thou to comprehend the way of the most High?
2 Esdras 4:27chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities." 2 Esdras 4:27 KJVcopysave
And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:21chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name." Wisdom of Solomon 14:21 KJVcopysave
And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.
2 Esdras 7:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils,: and very painful." 2 Esdras 7:12 KJVcopysave
Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils,: and very painful.
2 Esdras 9:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves." 2 Esdras 9:19 KJVcopysave
For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.
2 Maccabees 7:9chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life." 2 Maccabees 7:9 KJVcopysave
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:17chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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," Wisdom of Solomon 11:17 KJVcopysave
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,
2 Esdras 8:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world." 2 Esdras 8:2 KJVcopysave
I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.
2 Esdras 9:18chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me." 2 Esdras 9:18 KJVcopysave
And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.
Ecclesiasticus 16:15chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world." Ecclesiasticus 16:15 KJVcopysave
The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.
2 Esdras 4:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy." 2 Esdras 4:24 KJVcopysave
And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
2 Esdras 5:49chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created." 2 Esdras 5:49 KJVcopysave
For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
Ecclesiasticus 39:9chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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." Ecclesiasticus 39:9 KJVcopysave
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.
2 Esdras 11:39chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts, whom I made to reign in my world, that the end of their times might come through them?" 2 Esdras 11:39 KJVcopysave
Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts, whom I made to reign in my world, that the end of their times might come through them?
Wisdom of Solomon 13:9chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?" Wisdom of Solomon 13:9 KJVcopysave
For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
2 Esdras 5:44chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein." 2 Esdras 5:44 KJVcopysave
Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.
2 Esdras 7:62chapter contextsimilarmeaning"I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world," 2 Esdras 7:62 KJVcopysave
I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
2 Esdras 11:32chapter contextsimilarmeaning"But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance of the world more than all the wings that had been." 2 Esdras 11:32 KJVcopysave
But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance of the world more than all the wings that had been.
2 Esdras 7:31chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt" 2 Esdras 7:31 KJVcopysave
And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
2 Esdras 8:41chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved." 2 Esdras 8:41 KJVcopysave
For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
2 Esdras 16:13chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world." 2 Esdras 16:13 KJVcopysave
For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.