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On his arrival in Jerusalem, and after a hospitable reception from the high priest and the city, he announced what had been disclosed, thus revealing the reason for his presence, and asked if this was indeed the true situation. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
Godless wretch that he was and no true high priest, Jason set no bounds to his impiety; indeed the hellenising process reached such a pitch (2 Maccabees 4, 13)
to make you know the certainty of true sayings, so that you can return with sound answers to those who sent you? (Proverbs 22, 21)
So my conclusion is this: true happiness lies in eating and drinking and enjoying whatever has been achieved under the sun, throughout the life given by God: for this is the lot of humanity. (Ecclesiastes 5, 17)
Thanks to wisdom, I have found all this to be true; I resolved to be wise, but this was beyond my reach! (Ecclesiastes 7, 23)
I am a wall, and my breasts represent its towers. And under their eyes I have found true peace. (Song of Solomon 8, 10)
Let us see if what he says is true, and test him to see what sort of end he will have. (Wisdom of Solomon 2, 17)
Length of days is not what makes age honourable, nor number of years the true measure of life; (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 8)
The creatures that made them suffer and against which they protested, those very creatures that they had taken for gods and by which they were punished they saw in their true light; and he whom hitherto they had refused to know, they realised was true God. And this is why the final condemnation fell on them. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 27)
For these people either carry their merrymaking to the point of frenzy, or they prophesy what is not true, or they live wicked lives, or they perjure themselves without hesitation; (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 28)
But you, our God, are kind and true, slow to anger, governing the universe with mercy. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 1)
Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends, for as a person is, so is his friend too. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 17)
