42 He said to me, “I will compare my judgment to a ring. Just as there is no slowness of those who are last, even so there is no swiftness of those who be first.” (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:42
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2 Esdras 4:33–35
33 Then I answered and said, “How long? When will these things come to pass? Why are our years few and evil?” (WEB) 34 He answered me, and said, “Don’t hurry faster than the Most High; for your haste is for your own self, but he who is above hurries on behalf of many. (WEB) 35 Didn… (WEB)
2 Esdras 9:16–18
16 like a wave is greater than a drop.” (WEB) 17 He answered me, “Just as the field is, so also the seed. As the flowers are, so are the colors. As the work is, so also is the judgment on it. As is the farmer, so also is his threshing floor. For there was a time in the wo… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:18–20
18 The righteous therefore will suffer difficult things, and hope for easier things, but those who have done wickedly have suffered the difficult things, and yet will not see the easier things.” (WEB) 19 He said to me, “You are not a judge above God, neither do you have m… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:58–60
58 I said, “O sovereign Lord, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.” (WEB) 59 He answered me, “Weigh within yourself the things that you have thought, for he who has what is hard to get rejoices over him who has what is pl… (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:19–21
19 I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.” (WEB) 20 Then answered he me, and said, “You have given a right judgment. Why don’t you judge your own ca… (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:1–2
1 He answered me, “The Most High has made this world for many, but the world to come for few. (WEB) 2 Now I will tell you a parable, Esdras. Just as when you ask the earth, it will say to you that it gives very much clay from which earthen vessels are made, but little d… (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:17–19
17 therefore I will begin to pray before you for myself and for them; for I see the failings of us who dwell in the land; (WEB) 18 but I have heard the swiftness of the judgment which is to come. (WEB) 19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my saying, and I will speak before yo… (WEB)
Psalms 75:1–3
1 For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works. 2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly. 3 When the earth and all its d…
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