28 No one pushes aside his neighbor. They will never disobey his word. (WEB) 29 After this also the Lord looked at the earth and filled it with his blessings. (WEB) 30 All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it. (WEB)
Sirach 16:28–30
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2 Enoch 8:7–9
7 And thence they go forth along the earth, and have a revolution to their circle even as other elements. (2EN) 8 And here there is no unfruitful tree, and every place is blessed. (2EN) 9 And there are three hundred angels very bright, who keep the garden, and with incessant swe… (2EN)
Sirach 39:21–23
21 No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses. (WEB) 22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood. (WEB) 23 As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 6:9–11
9 And the restrainers of the children of men were not able to restrain it, nor the arts of those whose business it is to restrain waters; (ODE) 10 For it spread over the face of the whole earth, and filled everything: and all the thirsty upon earth were given to drink of… (ODE)
Job 8:18–20
18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’ 19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust. 20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
Genesis 2:5–7
5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole su…
Odes of Solomon 16:12–14
12 And He rested from His works: (ODE) 13 And created things run in their courses, and do their works: (ODE) 14 And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word. (ODE)
Psalms 73:9–11
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth. 10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance. 11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Job 40:19–21
19 He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. 20 The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby. 21 He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
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