18 Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave. (WEB) 19 What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord, (WEB) 20 seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. (WEB)
Sirach 30:18–20
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Sirach 34:19–21
19 The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly, Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices. (WEB) 20 Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor. (WEB) 21 The bread of the needy is t… (WEB)
Psalms 38:13–15
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. 14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. 15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 135:16–18
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; 17 they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Job 20:19–21
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. 20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
Job 20:13–15
13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, 14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:4–6
4 For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied colors, (WEB) 5 the sight of which leads fools into lust. Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image. (WEB) 6 Lovers of evil things, and worthy of… (WEB)
Sirach 28:20–22
20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (WEB) 21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. (WEB) 22 It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame. (WEB)
Proverbs 25:13–15
13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters. 14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given. 15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a g…
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