Löydetty 675 Tulokset: Folk Wisdom
So all was agreed upon; Lysias was for the court again, and the Jewish folk went back to their farms. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
Thanking all such, and desiring them they would continue their good offices towards the Jewish folk, the army returned to Jerusalem, to keep the festival of the Weeks. (2 Maccabees 12, 31)
Next day, with Judas at their head, they went back to recover the bodies of the slain, for burial among their own folk in their fathers’ graves; (2 Maccabees 12, 39)
Now turn we to one Alcimus, that had been high priest formerly, but had wilfully incurred defilement in the days when folk began consorting with the Gentiles.✻ Little hope was left him, he should live to present himself at the altar again; (2 Maccabees 14, 3)
As for the Jews, when they heard Nicanor was on the march, with all this rabble of alien folk, they cast earth on their heads and betook themselves to prayer. Was it not God’s appointment, his people he should evermore preserve? Was he not wont to protect them with signal marks of his favour? (2 Maccabees 14, 15)
And what saw he? Onias, that had once been high priest, appeared to him; an excellent good man this, modest of mien, courteous, well-spoken, and from his boyhood schooled in all the virtues. With hands outstretched, he stood there praying for the Jewish folk. (2 Maccabees 15, 12)
for the better understanding of true wisdom, and self-command. (Proverbs 1, 2)
True wisdom is founded on the fear of the Lord; who but a fool would despise such wisdom, and the lessons she teaches? (Proverbs 1, 7)
There are lives to be had for the ambushing, the lives of unsuspecting folk whose uprightness shall little avail them; (Proverbs 1, 11)
And all the while Wisdom is publishing her message, crying it aloud in the open streets; (Proverbs 1, 20)
ever be thy ear attentive to wisdom, thy mind eager to attain discernment. (Proverbs 2, 2)
Wisdom if thou wilt call to thy side, and make discernment welcome, (Proverbs 2, 3)
