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Finding no respite at all from his suffering, God's just sentence having overtaken him, he abandoned all hope for himself and wrote the Jews the letter transcribed below, which takes the form of an appeal in these terms: (2 Maccabees 9, 18)
When they had done this, prostrating themselves on the ground, they implored the Lord never again to let them fall into such adversity, but if they should ever sin, to correct them with moderation and not to deliver them over to blasphemous and barbarous nations. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
whereas Ptolemy, known as Macron, and the first person to govern the Jews justly, had done his best to govern them peacefully to make up for the wrongs inflicted on them in the past. (2 Maccabees 10, 12)
Denounced, in consequence, to Eupator by the Friends of the King, he heard himself called traitor at every turn: for having abandoned Cyprus, which had been entrusted to him by Philometer, for having gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes, and for having shed no lustre on his illustrious office: he committed suicide by poisoning himself. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
And so he sent Posidonius, Theodotus and Mattathias to offer the Jews pledges of friendship and to accept theirs. (2 Maccabees 14, 19)
When the letter reached Nicanor, he was very much upset, for he disliked the prospect of breaking an agreement with a man who had done nothing wrong. (2 Maccabees 14, 28)
With these words he left them. The priests stretched out their hands to heaven, calling on him who has at all times done battle for our nation; this was their prayer: (2 Maccabees 14, 34)
Do not pick a groundless quarrel with anyone who has done you no harm. (Proverbs 3, 30)
For they cannot sleep unless they have first done wrong, they miss their sleep if they have not made someone stumble; (Proverbs 4, 16)
she has done so many to death, and the strongest have all been her victims. (Proverbs 7, 26)
Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong. (Proverbs 16, 30)
Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to Yahweh who will repay him the kindness done. (Proverbs 19, 17)
