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A life spent in eyeing someone else's table cannot be accounted a life at all. Other people's food defiles the gullet; a wise, well-brought-up person will beware of doing this. (Ecclesiasticus 40, 29)
This is the sentence passed on all living creatures by the Lord, so why object to what seems good to the Most High? Whether your life lasts ten or a hundred or a thousand years, its length will not be held against you in Sheol. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 4)
A good life lasts a certain number of days, but a good reputation lasts for ever. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 13)
he gave him the commandments face to face, the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob his ordinances and Israel his decrees. He raised up Aaron, a holy man like Moses, his brother, of the tribe of Levi. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 6)
He clothed him in glorious perfection and invested him with rich ornaments, the breeches, the long robe, the ephod. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 8)
Moses consecrated him and anointed him with holy oil; and this was an everlasting covenant for him, and for his descendants as long as the heavens endure, that he should preside over worship, act as priest, and bless the people in the name of the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 15)
Blessed, those who will see you, and those who have fallen asleep in love; for we too shall certainly have life. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 11)
Such was Elijah, who was enveloped in a whirlwind; and Elisha was filled with his spirit; throughout his life no ruler could shake him, and no one could subdue him. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 12)
In his days the sun moved back; he prolonged the life of the king. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 23)
he revealed the future to the end of time, and hidden things long before they happened. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 25)
true to your abounding kindness -- and the greatness of your name -- you liberated me from the fangs of those seeking to devour me, from the clutches of those seeking my life, from the many ordeals which I have endured, (Ecclesiasticus 51, 3)
treacherous denunciations to the king. My soul has been close to death, my life had gone down to the brink of Sheol. (Ecclesiasticus 51, 6)
