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And now you will not be able to withstand my cavalry and such an army in the plain, where there is no stone or pebble, or place to flee." (1 Maccabees 10, 73)
And Simon built a monument over the tomb of his father and his brothers; he made it high that it might be seen, with polished stone at the front and back. (1 Maccabees 13, 27)
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. (Proverbs 17, 8)
and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. (Proverbs 24, 31)
Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool. (Proverbs 26, 8)
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling. (Proverbs 26, 27)
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. (Proverbs 27, 3)
When they thirsted they called upon thee, and water was given them out of flinty rock, and slaking of thirst from hard stone. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 4)
But miserable, with their hopes set on dead things, are the men who give the name "gods" to the works of men's hands, gold and silver fashioned with skill, and likenesses of animals, or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 10)
And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 21)
The indolent may be compared to a filthy stone, and every one hisses at his disgrace. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 1)
