4 Cheer up, therefore, O holy-minded mother! Hold the firm hope of your steadfastness with God. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 17:4
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2 Esdras 2:29–31
29 My hands will cover you, so that your children don’t see Gehenna. (WEB) 30 Be joyful, mother, with your children, for I will deliver you, says the Lord. (WEB) 31 Remember your children who sleep, for I will bring them out of the secret places of the earth and show mercy to them,… (WEB)
Baruch 4:26–28
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4 O Israel, we are happy; for the things that are pleasing to God are made known to us. (WEB) 5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel. (WEB) 6 You were not sold to the nations for destruction, but because you moved God to wrath, you were delivered to your adversari… (WEB)
Tobit 7:17–18
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2 Esdras 2:16–18
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Judith 13:18–20
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Book of Enoch 104:3–5
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