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He is mortal, and what he makes with lawless hands is dead, for he is better than the objects he worships, since he has life, but they never have. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 17)
and even as animals they are not so beautiful in appearance that one would desire them, but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 19)
for the ungodly, refusing to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms, and utterly consumed by fire. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 16)
For thinking that in their secret sins they were unobserved behind a dark curtain of forgetfulness, they were scattered, terribly alarmed, and appalled by specters. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 3)
For even if nothing disturbing frightened them, yet, scared by the passing of beasts and the hissing of serpents, (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 9)
they perished in trembling fear, refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 10)
For in secret the holy children of good men offered sacrifices, and with one accord agreed to the divine law, that the saints would share alike the same things, both blessings and dangers; and already they were singing the praises of the fathers. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 9)
and they all together, by the one form of death, had corpses too many to count. For the living were not sufficient even to bury them, since in one instant their most valued children had been destroyed. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 12)
For they ranged like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who didst deliver them. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 9)
The punishments did not come upon the sinners without prior signs in the violence of thunder, for they justly suffered because of their wicked acts; for they practiced a more bitter hatred of strangers. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 13)
Whereas many great teachings have been given to us through the law and the prophets and the others that followed them, on account of which we should praise Israel for instruction and wisdom; and since it is necessary not only that the readers themselves should acquire understanding but also that those who love learning should be able to help the outsiders by both speaking and writing, my grandfather Jesus, after devoting himself especially to the reading of the law and the prophets and the other books of our fathers, and after acquiring considerable proficiency in them, was himself also led to write something pertaining to instruction and wisdom, in order that, by becoming conversant with this also, those who love learning should make even greater progress in living according to the law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 1)
When I came to Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Euergetes and stayed for some time, I found opportunity for no little instruction. It seemed highly necessary that I should myself devote some pains and labor to the translation of the following book, using in that period of time great watchfulness and skill in order to complete and publish the book for those living abroad who wished to gain learning, being prepared in character to live according to the law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 27)
