6 For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 13:6
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4 Maccabees 15:30–32
30 O you nobler in endurance than males, and more courageous than men in perseverance! (WEB) 31 For like Noah’s ship, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves, (WEB) 32 so you, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of emo… (WEB)
James 3:3–5
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal. 4 Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined. 5 In the sam…
Wisdom of Solomon 14:4–6
4 showing that you can save out of every danger, that even a man without skill may put to sea. (WEB) 5 It is your will that the works of your wisdom should not be ineffective. Therefore men also entrust their lives to a little piece of wood, and passing through the surg… (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:16–18
16 The counsel of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it. (WEB) 17 Likewise also the counsel of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood up and stopped them. (WEB) 18 If you were judge now between these two, which would you justify, or which would you condemn?” (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1–2
1 Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the vessel that carries him. (WEB) 2 For the hunger for profit planned it, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 16:1–2
1 As the work of the husbandman is the ploughshare: and the work of the steersman is the guidance of the ship: (ODE) 2 So also my work is the Psalm of the Lord: my craft and my occupation are in His praises: (ODE)
Sirach 43:22–24
22 A mist coming speedily heals all things. A dew coming after heat brings cheerfulness. (WEB) 23 By his counsel, he has calmed the deep and planted islands in it. (WEB) 24 Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers. We marvel when we hear it with our ears. (WEB)
Sirach 22:15–17
15 Sand, salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear than a man without understanding. (WEB) 16 Timber girded and bound into a building will not be released with shaking. So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid. (WEB) 17 A heart settled upon a… (WEB)
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