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, 6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Job 29:4–6
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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.
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)
Job 31:24–26
24 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, 25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, 26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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)
Job 29:12–14
12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. 13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Testament of Zebulun 1:3–5
3 I, Zebulun, was born a good gift to my parents. (T12) 4 For when I was born my father was increased very exceedingly, both in flocks and herds, when with the straked rods he had his portion. (T12) 5 I am not conscious that I have sinned all my days, save in thought. (T12)
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)
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)
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