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For -- most incredible of all -- in the water, which quenches all things, the fire had still greater effect, for the universe defends the righteous. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 17)
and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire, to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 19)
for the hope of an ungrateful man will melt like wintry frost, and flow away like waste water. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 29)
Whether there came a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds in wide-spreading branches, or the rhythm of violently rushing water, (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 18)
and they all together, by the one form of death, had corpses too many to count. For the living were not sufficient even to bury them, since in one instant their most valued children had been destroyed. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 12)
For when the dead had already fallen on one another in heaps, he intervened and held back the wrath, and cut off its way to the living. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 23)
The cloud was seen overshadowing the camp, and dry land emerging where water had stood before, an unhindered way out of the Red Sea, and a grassy plain out of the raging waves, (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 7)
For land animals were transformed into water creatures, and creatures that swim moved over to the land. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 19)
Fire even in water retained its normal power, and water forgot its fire-quenching nature. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 20)
Whereas many great teachings have been given to us through the law and the prophets and the others that followed them, on account of which we should praise Israel for instruction and wisdom; and since it is necessary not only that the readers themselves should acquire understanding but also that those who love learning should be able to help the outsiders by both speaking and writing, my grandfather Jesus, after devoting himself especially to the reading of the law and the prophets and the other books of our fathers, and after acquiring considerable proficiency in them, was himself also led to write something pertaining to instruction and wisdom, in order that, by becoming conversant with this also, those who love learning should make even greater progress in living according to the law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 1)
When I came to Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Euergetes and stayed for some time, I found opportunity for no little instruction. It seemed highly necessary that I should myself devote some pains and labor to the translation of the following book, using in that period of time great watchfulness and skill in order to complete and publish the book for those living abroad who wished to gain learning, being prepared in character to live according to the law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 27)
Water extinguishes a blazing fire: so almsgiving atones for sin. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 30)
