6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Job 14:6
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Job 41:7–9
7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? 8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it! 9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
Sirach 33:27–29
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Testament of Reuben 1:33–35
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Sirach 38:20–22
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Lamentations 3:28–30
28 Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him. 29 Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope. 30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Sirach 3:12–14
12 My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives. (WEB) 13 If he fails in understanding, have patience with him. Don’t dishonor him in your full strength. (WEB) 14 For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten. Instead of sins it will be… (WEB)
Mark 13:35–37
35 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning. 36 Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to…
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