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So they came to the sixth, and this was his dying utterance: Never flatter thyself with vain hope; speed we amiss, it was our own doing, that sinned against our God. Strange be his dealings with us, (2 Maccabees 7, 18)
and the temple was purged of its defilement. They made a fresh altar, struck fire from flint, and offered sacrifice again after two years’ intermission; rose incense, burned lamp, loaves were set out on the sacred table once more. (2 Maccabees 10, 3)
he marched out against the slayers of his brethren; at dead of night he burned down their wharves, and set all the ships ablaze, nor any man that escaped the fire but was put to the sword. (2 Maccabees 12, 6)
A fitting reward, this, for one that had done so many outrages upon God’s altar; fire of it and ashes of it are sacred, and it was by ashes Menelaus went to his death. (2 Maccabees 13, 8)
Who can carry fire in his bosom, without singeing the clothes he wears, (Proverbs 6, 27)
Go thy way, and let the fool go his; good sense is a strange language to him. (Proverbs 14, 7)
No fuel, no fire; no tell-tale, no quarrel. (Proverbs 26, 20)
Coal needs ember, and fire tinder, and strife a quarreller, for their kindling. (Proverbs 26, 21)
All God’s promises are like metal tested in the fire; he is the sure defence of all who trust in him.✻ (Proverbs 30, 5)
The grave, and the barren womb, and earth that soaks up the rain, and fire; did fire ever say, Enough? (Proverbs 30, 16)
Hold me close to thy heart, close as locket or bracelet fits; not death itself is so strong as love, not the grave itself cruel as love unrequited; the torch that lights it is a blaze of fire. (Song of Solomon 8, 6)
Yes, love is a fire no waters avail to quench, no floods to drown; for love, a man will give up all that he has in the world, and think nothing of his loss. (Song of Solomon 8, 7)
