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• Wisdom protected the first-formed father of the world, when he alone had been created; she delivered him from his transgression, (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 1)

• For thou didst test them as a father does in warning, but thou didst examine the ungodly as a stern king does in condemnation. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 10)

• but it is thy providence, O Father, that steers its course, because thou hast given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves, (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 3)

• For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement, made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him; and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being, and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 15)

• Listen to me your father, O children; and act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 1)

• For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 2)

• Whoever honors his father atones for sins, (Ecclesiasticus 4, 3)

• Whoever honors his father will be gladdened by his own children, and when he prays he will be heard. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 5)

• Whoever glorifies his father will have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will refresh his mother; (Ecclesiasticus 4, 6)

• Honor your father by word and deed, that a blessing from him may come upon you. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 8)

• For a father's blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother's curse uproots their foundations. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 9)

• Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your father's dishonor is no glory to you. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 10)