4 Maccabees 5:12

¹² Won’t you respect my kindly admonition and have pity on your own years? (WEB)

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4 Maccabees 8:18–20

¹⁸ Shall we not fear, O kindred, the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride? (WEB) ¹⁹ Let’s have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother. (WEB) ²⁰ Let’s bear in mind that we will be dying a… (WEB)

Proverbs 5:8–10

⁸ Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house, ⁹ lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; ¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 4:9–11

⁹ She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.” ¹⁰ Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. ¹¹ I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Sirach 8:5–7

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Jeremiah 3:3–5

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4 Maccabees 8:8–10

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4 Maccabees 5:32–34

³² Now then, prepare your wheels, and kindle a fiercer flame. (WEB) ³³ I will not so pity my old age, as on my account to break the law of my country. (WEB) ³⁴ I will not play false to you, O law, my instructor, or forsake you, O beloved self-control! (WEB)

Sirach 6:22–24

²² For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many. (WEB) ²³ Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. (WEB) ²⁴ Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain. (WEB)

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