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• We are the scorn of our neighbours, the butt and laughing-stock of those around us. (Psalms 79, 4)

• Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose! (Psalms 105, 6)

• Confident in the strength of their walls and their stock of provisions, the besieged adopted an insolent attitude to Judas and his men, reinforcing their insults with blasphemies and profanity. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)

• I thought to myself: I have acquired a greater stock of wisdom than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I myself have mastered every kind of wisdom and science. (Ecclesiastes 1, 16)

• But the offspring of the godless come to nothing, however prolific, sprung from a bastard stock, they will never strike deep roots, never put down firm foundations. (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 3)

• An evil temper destroys the person who has it and makes him the laughing-stock of his enemies. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 4)

• He will make you feel small at his dinner parties and, having cleaned you out two or three times over, will end by laughing at you. Afterwards, when he sees you, he will avoid you and shake his head about you. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 7)

• If you allow yourself to satisfy your desires, this will make you the laughing-stock of your enemies. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 31)

• Stock your store-rooms with almsgiving; this will save you from all misfortune. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 12)

• Your daughter is headstrong? Keep a sharp look-out that she does not make you the laughing-stock of your enemies, the talk of the town, the object of common gossip, and put you to public shame. (Ecclesiasticus 42, 11)

• From Jacob's stock he produced a generous man who found favour in the eyes of all humanity, beloved by God and people, Moses, of blessed memory. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 1)

• You stained your honour, you profaned your stock, so bringing retribution on your children and affliction for your folly: (Ecclesiasticus 47, 20)