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A most noble harangue, and one very apt to rouse the emulation of his followers, and to stiffen their courage. No wonder if they resolved they would put it to the touch, and manfully engage the enemy; valour should decide all. Was not the holy city, was not the temple itself in jeopardy? (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
to the confusion of yonder blasphemers that levy war on thy holy people! And so he brought his prayer to an end. (2 Maccabees 15, 24)
Head and hand he shewed them of the godless Nicanor, the hand that was stretched out so boastfully against the holy temple of the Almighty, (2 Maccabees 15, 32)
True wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord; he best discerns, who has knowledge of holy things. (Proverbs 9, 10)
Good news from a far land, refreshing as cold water to parched lips. (Proverbs 25, 25)
Short reigns and many, where a land is plagued for its guilt; by wise counsel, and men’s talk overheard, long lives the king. (Proverbs 28, 2)
What though the knowledge of man has passed me by, wisdom’s dull pupil, without skill in holy lore? (Proverbs 30, 3)
None so honoured at the city gate as that husband of hers, when he sits in council with the elders of the land. (Proverbs 31, 23)
Ay, let a man have a hundred children to his name, years let him have a many, and be near his end; yet, if he is not to enjoy the revenues of his land still, and lay his bones in it,✻ I say it were better for him never to have come to the birth. (Ecclesiastes 6, 3)
Woe to the land that has young blood on the throne, whose court sits feasting till daybreak! (Ecclesiastes 10, 16)
And happy the land whose king is of true princely breed, whose courtiers feast when feast should be, to comfort their hearts, not all in revelry. (Ecclesiastes 10, 17)
A holy thing it is, the spirit that brings instruction; how it shrinks away from the touch of falsehood, holds aloof from every rash design! It is a touchstone, to betray the neighbourhood of wrong-doing. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 5)
