25 I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend. I won’t hide myself from his face. (WEB)
Sirach 22:25
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4 Maccabees 12:16–18
16 Therefore,” he continued, “I myself, being about to die, (WEB) 17 will not forsake my kindred. (WEB) 18 I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 8:14–16
14 Love me with affection, ye who love: (ODE) 15 For I do not turn away my face from them that are mine; (ODE) 16 For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal: (ODE)
Psalms 89:32–34
32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. 33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. 34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Sirach 27:16–18
16 He who reveals secrets destroys trust, and will not find a close friend. (WEB) 17 Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him; (WEB) 18 for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. (WEB)
2 Esdras 2:28–30
28 The nations will envy you, but they will be able to do nothing against you, says the Lord. (WEB) 29 My hands will cover you, so that your children don’t see Gehenna. (WEB) 30 Be joyful, mother, with your children, for I will deliver you, says the Lord. (WEB)
Sirach 42:1–2
1 Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face: (WEB) 2 of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 10:2–4
2 But he cried out and said, “Don’t you know that the father of those who are dead is my father also, and that the same mother bore me, and that I was brought up in the same way? (WEB) 3 I don’t renounce the noble relationship of my kindred. (WEB) 4 Now then, whatever instrument… (WEB)
Job 6:13–15
13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me? 14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
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