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When the fifth day dawned, twenty young men in the army of Maccabeus, angered over such blasphemies, bravely stormed the wall and with savage fury cut down everyone they encountered. (2 Maccabees 10, 35)
Others who climbed up the same way swung around on the defenders, taking the besieged in the rear; they put the towers to the torch, spread the fire and burned the blasphemers alive. Still others broke down the gates and let in the rest of the troops, who took possession of the city. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)
He also attacked a certain city called Caspin, fortified with earthworks and ramparts and inhabited by a mixed population of Gentiles. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
Relying on the strength of their walls and their supply of provisions, the besieged treated Judas and his men with contempt, insulting them and even uttering blasphemies and profanity. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
A man called Dositheus, a powerful horseman and one of Bacenor's men, caught hold of Gorgias, grasped his military cloak and dragged him along by main strength, intending to capture the vile wretch alive, when a Thracian horseman attacked Dositheus and cut off his arm at the shoulder. Then Gorgias fled to Marisa. (2 Maccabees 12, 35)
when they were about to be deprived of their law, their country, and their holy temple; and not to allow this nation, which had just begun to revive, to be subjected again to blasphemous Gentiles. (2 Maccabees 13, 11)
By the might of your arm may those be struck down who have blasphemously come against your holy people!" With this he ended his prayer. (2 Maccabees 15, 24)
He showed them the vile Nicanor's head and the wretched blasphemer's arm that had been boastfully stretched out against the holy dwelling of the Almighty. (2 Maccabees 15, 32)
She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and he is happy who holds her fast. (Proverbs 3, 18)
He who oppresses the poor blasphemes his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy glorifies him. (Proverbs 14, 31)
He who mocks the poor blasphemes his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. (Proverbs 17, 5)
For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; Because God is the witness of his inmost self and the sure observer of his heart and the listener to his tongue. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 6)
