13 There is a time when recovery is in their hands. (WEB) 14 For they also shall ask the Lord to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life. (WEB) 15 He who sins before his Maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician. (WEB)
Sirach 38:13–15
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2 Clement 9:6–8
6 Let us therefore love one another, that we all may come unto the kingdom of God. (2CL) 7 While we have time to be healed, let us place ourselves in the hands of God the physician, giving Him a recompense. (2CL) 8 What recompense? Repentance from a sincere heart. (2CL)
Sirach 38:8–10
8 With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth. (WEB) 9 My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you. (WEB) 10 Put away wrong doing, and direct your han… (WEB)
Sirach 18:20–22
20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. (WEB) 21 Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent. (WEB) 22 Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released. (WEB)
Sirach 38:1–3
1 Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him. (WEB) 2 For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king. (WEB) 3 The skill of the physician will lift up his head. He will be admired in the… (WEB)
Visions 1:8–9
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:11–13
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Job 5:17–19
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. 19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Sirach 50:23–25
23 May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity, (WEB) 24 to entrust his mercy with us, and let him deliver us in his time! (WEB) 25 With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation: (WEB)
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