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• The remainder of the cavalry was stationed on one or other of the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy and cover the phalanxes. (1 Maccabees 6, 38)

• Remembering the bloody end of their brother John, they went up and hid under cover of the mountain. (1 Maccabees 9, 38)

• the troops in ambush broke cover and attacked first. (1 Maccabees 11, 69)

• generally availing himself of the cover of night for such enterprises. The fame of his valour spread far and wide. (2 Maccabees 8, 7)

• and after invoking God, the just judge, he attacked his brothers' murderers. Under cover of dark he set fire to the port, burned the boats and put to the sword everyone who had taken refuge there. (2 Maccabees 12, 6)

• Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence. (Proverbs 10, 6)

• The mouth of the upright is a life-giving fountain, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence. (Proverbs 10, 11)

• Liars' lips are a cover for hatred, whoever utters slander is a fool. (Proverbs 10, 18)

• Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice. (Proverbs 17, 23)

• Anger is mollified by a covert gift, raging fury by a present under cover of the cloak. (Proverbs 21, 14)

• When the upright triumph, there is great exultation: when the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover. (Proverbs 28, 12)

• When the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover, but when they perish, the upright multiply. (Proverbs 28, 28)