10 The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel. Seek nothing else between the heel and the hand, Esdras!” (WEB)
2 Esdras 6:10
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2 Esdras 9:4–6
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Ecclesiastes 7:28–29
28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman. 29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Sirach 15:13–15
13 The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them. (WEB) 14 He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel. (WEB) 15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice. (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:41–43
41 I said, “But, behold, O Lord, you have made the promise to those who are alive at the end. What should they do who have been before us, or we ourselves, or those who will come after us?” (WEB) 42 He said to me, “I will compare my judgment to a ring. Just as there is no… (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:18–20
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 you.” The beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up. He said, (WEB) 20 “O Lord, you who remain forever, whose eyes… (WEB)
2 Enoch 44:1–2
1 THE Lord with his hands having created man, in the likeness of his own face, the Lord made him small and great. (2EN) 2 Whoever reviles the ruler's face, and abhors the Lord's face, has despised the Lord's face, and tie who vents anger on any man without injury, the L… (2EN)
Job 14:1–2
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. 2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Sirach 17:1–2
1 The Lord created mankind out of earth, and turned them back to it again. (WEB) 2 He gave them days by number, and a set time, and gave them authority over the things that are on it. (WEB)
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