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Then Judith came in and reclined on it. The heart of Holofernes was in rapture over her, and his spirit was shaken. He was burning with the desire to possess her, for he had been biding his time to seduce her from the day he saw her. (Judith 12, 16)
Judith replied, "I will gladly drink, my lord, for at no time since I was born have I ever enjoyed life as much as I do today." (Judith 12, 18)
Holofernes, charmed by her, drank a great quantity of wine, more than he had ever drunk on one single day in his life. (Judith 12, 20)
May God make this redound to your everlasting honor, rewarding you with blessings, because you risked your life when your people were being oppressed, and you averted our disaster, walking uprightly before our God." And all the people answered, "Amen! Amen!" (Judith 13, 20)
When those days were over, each one returned to his inheritance. Judith went back to Bethulia and remained on her estate. For the rest of her life she was renowned throughout the land. (Judith 16, 21)
Many wished to marry her, but she gave herself to no man all the days of her life from the time of the death and burial of her husband, Manasseh. (Judith 16, 22)
During the life of Judith and for a long time after her death, no one again disturbed the Israelites. (Judith 16, 25)
"All the servants of the king and the people of his provinces know that any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned, suffers the automatic penalty of death, unless the king extends to him the golden scepter, thus sparing his life. Now as for me, I have not been summoned to the king for thirty days." (Esther 4, 11)
Queen Esther replied: "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, I ask that my life be spared, and I beg that you spare the lives of my people. (Esther 7, 3)
The king left the banquet in anger and went into the garden of the palace, but Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, since he saw that the king had decided on his doom. (Esther 7, 7)
And Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has will he give for his life. (Job 2, 4)
And the LORD said to Satan, "He is in your power; only spare his life." (Job 2, 6)
