11 I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words. (WEB) 12 I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences. (WEB) 13 The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them. (WEB)
Sirach 34:11–13
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Isaiah 38:15–17
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Psalms 119:108–110
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments. 109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law. 110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Job 10:11–13
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit. 13 Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
Odes of Solomon 42:13–15
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Job 6:9–11
9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! 10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that…
Testament of Joseph 1:3–5
3 My brethren and my children, hearken to Joseph the beloved of Israel; give ear, my sons, unto your father. (T12) 4 I have seen in my life envy and death, yet I went not astray, but persevered in the truth--of the Lord. (T12) 5 These my brethren hated me, but the Lord loved me: (T12)
Odes of Solomon 18:7–9
7 Thou wilt appoint me to victory; our Salvation is thy right hand. And thou wilt receive men from all quarters. (ODE) 8 And thou wilt preserve whosoever is held in evils: (ODE) 9 Thou art my God. Falsehood and death are not in thy mouth: (ODE)
2 Esdras 7:26–28
26 For behold, the time will come, and it will be, when these signs of which I told you before will come to pass, that the bride will appear, even the city coming forth, and she will be seen who now is withdrawn from the earth. (WEB) 27 Whoever is delivered from the foret… (WEB)
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