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2 Maccabees 8:2
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4 Maccabees 4:8–10
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2 Maccabees 11:5–7
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1 Maccabees 8:17–19
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1 Maccabees 14:30–32
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1 Maccabees 13:45–47
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Psalms 18:40–42
40 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. 41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. 42 I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
Job 34:27–29
27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways. 28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted. 29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet…
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