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  • And now the sacred trumpets sounded the charge; fled Cendebaeus, fled his army at their onslaught, and many were left dead on the field; for the rest, they were fain to take refuge behind their walls again. (1 Maccabees 16, 8)

  • Thus was Jason supplanted, that had supplanted his own brother, and was driven to take refuge in the Ammonite country; (2 Maccabees 4, 26)

  • Of these doings, one man had clear proof, and thereupon denounced him: Onias, that had now taken refuge in Daphne sanctuary, close by Antioch. (2 Maccabees 4, 33)

  • And now a false rumour went abroad, Antiochus had come by his death. Jason’s ears it reached, and all at once, with full a thousand men at his back, he delivered an assault upon the city. Let the townsfolk man the walls as they would, at last it fell, and Menelaus must take refuge within the citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)

  • and so making his way to Lacedaemon, as if to find refuge there by right of kinship, died miserably. In exile he died, that had brought exile on so many; (2 Maccabees 5, 9)

  • Some of these, cowardly souls that put no trust in God’s awarding, took refuge in flight; (2 Maccabees 8, 13)

  • There was Callisthenes, too, that had burnt down the gates of the sanctuary; when all Jerusalem was rejoicing over the victory, he took refuge within doors, and they burnt the place down about his ears; he too was served right for his godless doings. (2 Maccabees 8, 33)

  • His body was brought home again; Philip, his foster-brother, came back with it, and then took refuge in Egypt with Ptolemy Philometor, so little he trusted the young prince Antiochus. (2 Maccabees 9, 29)

  • As for Timotheus, he took refuge in Gazara, a strong fortress that was under the command of Chaereas. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)

  • No stronghold like the Lord’s name; there the just take refuge, high above reach. (Proverbs 18, 10)

  • When ill times come, prudence is on its guard, and takes refuge; the unwary march on, and pay the penalty. (Proverbs 22, 3)

  • When ill times come, prudence is on its guard, and takes refuge; the unwary march on, and pay the penalty.✻ (Proverbs 27, 12)


Por que a tentação passada deixa na alma uma certa perturbação? perguntou um penitente a Padre Pio. Ele respondeu: “Você já presenciou um tremor de terra? Quando tudo estremece a sua volta, você também é sacudido; no entanto, não necessariamente fica enterrado nos destroços!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina