1 The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory. (WEB)
Sirach 43:1
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Sirach 43:8–10
8 The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven, (WEB) 9 the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. (WEB) 10 At the w… (WEB)
Sirach 17:31–32
31 What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil. (WEB) 32 He looks upon the power of the height of heaven, while all men are earth and ashes. (WEB)
Job 35:4–6
4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well. 5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
1 Clement 49:3–5
3 Who is sufficient to tell the majesty of its beauty? (1CL) 4 The height, where unto love exalteth, is unspeakable. (1CL) 5 Love joineth us unto God; love covereth a multitude of sins; love endureth all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing coarse, nothing a… (1CL)
Job 22:11–13
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! 13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
3 Maccabees 2:14–16
14 In our low condition, this bold and profane man seeks to dishonor this your holy place, consecrated out of the earth to the name of your Majesty. (WEB) 15 Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men. (WEB) 16 But since it seemed good to you to exh… (WEB)
Testament of Levi 1:20–22
20 And above them are the holy ones. (T12) 21 And in the highest of all dwelleth the Great Glory, far above all holiness. (T12) 22 In the heaven next to it are the archangels, who minister and make propitiation to the Lord for all the sins of ignorance of the righteous; (T12)
Job 25:1–3
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. 3 Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
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