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• He, more than any other, knows he is sinning, he who from one earthy stuff makes both brittle pots and idols. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 13)

• And thus, whoever it might be that fell there stayed clamped to the spot in this prison without bars. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 16)

• Magnate, magistrate, potentate, all are to be honoured, but none is greater than the one who fears the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 24)

• Do not try to carry a burden too heavy for you, do not associate with someone more powerful and wealthy than yourself. Why put the clay pot next to the iron cauldron? It will only break when they bang against each other. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 2)

• Teaching a fool is like gluing bits of pottery together -- you are rousing someone who is besotted with sleep. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 9)

• The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a person is in conversation. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 5)

• Like clay in the hands of the potter to mould as it pleases him, so are human beings in the hands of their Maker to reward as he judges right. (Ecclesiasticus 33, 13)

• Similarly with the potter, sitting at his work, turning the wheel with his feet; constantly on the alert over his work, each flick of the finger premeditated; (Ecclesiasticus 38, 29)

• Be ashamed, before father and mother, of depraved behaviour, and before prince or potentate of telling lies; (Ecclesiasticus 41, 17)

• 'I shall turn my hand against you, I shall purge your dross as though with potash, I shall remove all your alloy. (Isaiah 1, 25)

• I am going to punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their guilt, and put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of despots. (Isaiah 13, 11)

• and the faded flower of its proud splendour sited at the head of the lush valley. Like a fig ripe before summer comes: whoever spots it forthwith picks and swallows it. (Isaiah 28, 4)