3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, 4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent, 5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
Job 29:3–5
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Proverbs 4:2–4
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, 4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Job 23:16–17
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. 17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Odes of Solomon 21:4–6
4 And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption: (ODE) 5 And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him, (ODE) 6 And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 35:6–8
6 And I was carried like a child by his mother: and He gave me milk, the dew of the Lord: (ODE) 7 And I grew great by His bounty, and rested in His perfection, (ODE) 8 And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was rede… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 25:6–8
6 And strength was mine from thyself and help. (ODE) 7 Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright: (ODE) 8 And I was clothed with the covering of thy Spirit, and thou didst remove from me my raiment of skin; (ODE)
Psalms of Solomon 1:2–4
2 Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; I said, He will hearken to me for I am full of righteousness. (PSS) 3 I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well off and had become rich in children. (PSS) 4 Their wealth spread to the whole earth,… (PSS)
2 Esdras 9:17–19
17 He answered me, “Just as the field is, so also the seed. As the flowers are, so are the colors. As the work is, so also is the judgment on it. As is the farmer, so also is his threshing floor. For there was a time in the world (WEB) 18 when I was preparing for those wh… (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:13–15
13 I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me; (T12) 14 In bonds, and He released me; (T12) 15 Slandered, and He pleaded my cause; (T12)
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