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• And now a false rumour went abroad, Antiochus had come by his death. Jason’s ears it reached, and all at once, with full a thousand men at his back, he delivered an assault upon the city. Let the townsfolk man the walls as they would, at last it fell, and Menelaus must take refuge within the citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)

• There was Callisthenes, too, that had burnt down the gates of the sanctuary; when all Jerusalem was rejoicing over the victory, he took refuge within doors, and they burnt the place down about his ears; he too was served right for his godless doings. (2 Maccabees 8, 33)

• It is by woman’s wisdom a home thrives; a foolish wife pulls it down about her ears. (Proverbs 14, 1)

• Better pull a dog by the ears than meddle in another’s quarrels; pass on in quiet. (Proverbs 26, 17)

• Death for its goal, is not life’s aim missed? Labours he well, that labours to bring doom about his ears? (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 12)

• A word, then, for kings’ ears to hear, kings’ hearts to heed; a message for you, rulers, wherever you be! (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 2)

• Gods, for them, were all the idols of the heathen, with their sightless eyes, their nostrils that never drew breath, deaf ears, unfeeling hands, and feet that still would walk, yet still tarry; (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 15)

• Lie snug in their hidden lairs they might not; noises swept down, echoing about their affrighted ears, and boding visions of sad faces cowed their spirits. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 4)

• Be true to thy covenant with God; its words to thy own ears repeat; to that, and thy enjoined duty, inure thyself. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 21)

• Their eyes should see him in visible majesty, their ears catch the echo of his majestic voice. Keep your hands clear, he told them, of all wrong-doing, (Ecclesiasticus 17, 11)

• Swiftly comes their doom, because the poor man’s plea reached their ears, but never their hearts.✻ (Ecclesiasticus 21, 6)

• Out upon the man that uses oaths lightly; hair stands upright at his blaspheming, and ears are stopped! (Ecclesiasticus 27, 15)