1 Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet. (WEB) 2 They traveled through a desert without inhabitant, and they pitched their tents in trackless regions. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:1–2
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Psalms 107:3–5
3 and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. 5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
Psalms 105:12–14
12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 14 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
1 Chronicles 16:19–21
19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 21 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Judith 5:16–18
16 They cast out before them the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Shechemite, and all the Girgashites, and they lived in that country many days. (WEB) 17 And while they didn’t sin before their God, they prospered, because God who hates iniquity was with them. (WEB) 18 Bu… (WEB)
Job 30:2–4
2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? 3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. 4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
1 Maccabees 2:46–48
46 They forcibly circumcised the boys who were uncircumcised, as many as they found in the coasts of Israel. (WEB) 47 They pursued the arrogant, and the work prospered in their hand. (WEB) 48 They rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles and out of the hand of the kings. The… (WEB)
Sirach 44:1–3
1 Let us now praise famous men, our ancestors in their generations. (WEB) 2 The Lord created great glory in them— his mighty power from the beginning. (WEB) 3 Some ruled in their kingdoms and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding. Some have spo… (WEB)
Psalms 105:26–28
26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. 27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
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