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he took no account at all of the power of God, being sublimely confident in his tens of thousands of infantrymen, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants. (2 Maccabees 11, 4)
Timotheus himself, having fallen into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater and their men, very craftily pleaded with them to let him go with his life, on the grounds that he had the relatives and even the brothers of many of them in his power, and that these could otherwise expect short shrift. (2 Maccabees 12, 24)
But the Jews, having invoked the Sovereign who by his power shatters enemies' defences, gained control of the town and cut down nearly twenty-five thousand of the people inside. (2 Maccabees 12, 28)
and not to allow the people, just when they were beginning to breathe again, to fall into the power of ill-famed foreigners. (2 Maccabees 13, 11)
Encouraged by the noble words of Judas, which had the power to inspire valour and give the young the spirit of mature men, they decided not to entrench themselves in a camp, but bravely to take the offensive and, in hand-to-hand fighting, to commit the result to the fortune of war, since the city, their holy religion and the Temple were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
Refuse no kindness to those who have a right to it, if it is in your power to perform it. (Proverbs 3, 27)
do this, my child, to extricate yourself -- since you have put yourself in the power of your neighbour: go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbour, (Proverbs 6, 3)
To me belong good advice and prudence, I am perception: power is mine! (Proverbs 8, 14)
The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between men of power. (Proverbs 18, 18)
The wise is mighty in power, strength is reinforced by science; (Proverbs 24, 5)
When the upright are on the increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked are in power, the people groan. (Proverbs 29, 2)
Then again, I contemplate all the oppression that is committed under the sun. Take for instance the tears of the oppressed. No one to comfort them! The power their oppressors wield. No one to comfort them! (Ecclesiastes 4, 1)
