Trouvé 383 Résultats pour: Human Sacrifice
So the contribution destined by the sender for the sacrifice to Hercules was in fact applied, by those who brought it, to the construction of triremes. (2 Maccabees 4, 20)
Those in charge of that unlawful ritual meal took the man aside privately, because of their long acquaintance with him, and urged him to bring meat of his own providing, such as he could legitimately eat, and to pretend to be eating some of the meat of the sacrifice prescribed by the king; (2 Maccabees 6, 21)
I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things; and in the same way the human race came into existence. (2 Maccabees 7, 28)
After purifying the temple, they made a new altar. Then, with fire struck from flint, they offered sacrifice for the first time in two years, burned incense, and lighted lamps. They also set out the showbread. (2 Maccabees 10, 3)
He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; (2 Maccabees 12, 43)
and attacked Judas and his men. But he was defeated. Next he heard that Philip, who was left in charge of the government in Antioch had rebelled. Dismayed, he parleyed with the Jews, submitted to their terms, and swore to observe their rights. Having come to this agreement, he offered a sacrifice, and honored the temple with a generous donation. (2 Maccabees 13, 23)
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Proverbs 15, 8)
The intention in the human heart is like water far below the surface, but the man of intelligence draws it forth. (Proverbs 20, 5)
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. (Proverbs 21, 3)
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, the more so when they offer it with a bad intention. (Proverbs 21, 27)
Like a moth in clothing, or a maggot in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart. (Proverbs 25, 20)
As one face differs from another, so does one human heart from another. (Proverbs 27, 19)
