22 Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance, and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning. (WEB) 23 But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent. (WEB) 24 For you love all things that are, and abhor none of the things which you made; For you never would have formed anything if you hated it. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:22–24
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Wisdom of Solomon 12:15–17
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Mandates 39:2–4
2 Reason not thus, but turn to the Lord with thy whole heart, and ask of Him nothing wavering, and thou shalt know His exceeding compassion, that He will surely not abandon thee, but will fulfill the petition of thy soul. (HER) 3 For God is not as men who bear a grudge,… (HER)
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2 Esdras 7:137–139
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2 Esdras 8:35–37
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Wisdom of Solomon 15:1–2
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