18 Remember that through God, you obtained existence and have enjoyed it. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:18
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Sirach 7:27–29
27 Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. (WEB) 28 Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? (WEB) 29 Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. (WEB)
Prayer of Manasseh 1:1–3
1 O LORD Almighty in heaven, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous offspring, (WEB) 2 you who have made heaven and earth, with all their order, (WEB) 3 who have bound the sea by the word of your commandment, who have shut up the deep, and sealed it… (WEB)
2 Clement 1:7–8
7 For He had mercy on us, and in His compassion saved us, having beheld in us much error and perdition, even when we had no hope of salvation, save that which came from Him. (2CL) 8 For He called us, when we were not, and from not being He willed us to be. (2CL)
Sirach 32:12–14
12 Amuse yourself there and do what is in your heart. Don’t sin by proud speech. (WEB) 13 For these things bless your Maker, who gives you to drink freely of his good things. (WEB) 14 He who fears the Lord will receive discipline. Those who seek him early will find favor. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 41:9–11
9 For the Father of truth remembered me: He who possessed me from the beginning: (ODE) 10 For His bounty begat me, and the thought of His heart: (ODE) 11 And His Word is with us in all our way; (ODE)
Sirach 17:27–29
27 Who will give praise to the Most High in Hades, in place of the living who return thanks? (WEB) 28 Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one who doesn’t exist. He who is in life and health will praise the Lord. (WEB) 29 How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiven… (WEB)
Psalms 89:46–48
46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? 47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! 48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?…
Job 10:11–13
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit. 13 Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
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