Talált 547 Eredmények: Divine Vengeance
Here the flame would burn low, to spare those creatures a scorching, that were thy emissaries against the godless; doubt there should be none, for any who saw it, but divine justice was at his heels. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 18)
thank them for letting vengeance be, and ask forgiveness for past ill-will.✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 2)
In secret they offered their sacrifice, children of a nobler race, all set apart; with one accord they ratified the divine covenant, which bound them to share the same blessings and the same perils; singing for prelude their ancestral hymns of praise. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 9)
There was a time, too, when God’s own people tasted the bitterness of death; out there in the desert a plague fell upon the common folk; but not for long this vengeance lasted. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 20)
Already the corpses were piled thick one on another; but he kept vengeance at bay, standing in between to breach the path between dead and living. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 23)
In awe of these shrank the destroying angel away; for thy own people, some taste of thy vengeance should be enough. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 25)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
Wilt thou look round at ill-gotten gains, and tell thyself thou hast enough for all thy needs? Trust me, when vengeance finds thee out, all this shall nothing avail thee. (Ecclesiasticus 5, 1)
Bethink thee that his vengeance rides swift as his mercy; it is a jealous eye that watches the sinner. (Ecclesiasticus 5, 7)
Swift falls his anger and perilous, when the time for vengeance is ripe. (Ecclesiasticus 5, 9)
And must thy thoughts still dwell on the ill-gotten gains, that shall nothing avail thee when vengeance finds thee out? (Ecclesiasticus 5, 10)
At toil repine not; the farmer’s trade is of divine appointment. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 16)
