1 Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the vessel that carries him. (WEB) 2 For the hunger for profit planned it, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1–2
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3 But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, he perished himself in the rage with which he killed his brother. (WEB) 4 When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, wisdom again saved it, guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece o… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 13:10–12
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4 Maccabees 15:30–32
30 O you nobler in endurance than males, and more courageous than men in perseverance! (WEB) 31 For like Noah’s ship, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves, (WEB) 32 so you, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of emo… (WEB)
James 3:3–5
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal. 4 Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined. 5 In the sam…
Wisdom of Solomon 13:15–17
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Isaiah 40:19–21
19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? 20 To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple? 21 Do you not know? Have you…
4 Maccabees 13:5–7
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2 Esdras 4:18–20
18 If you were judge now between these two, which would you justify, or which would you condemn?” (WEB) 19 I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.” (WEB) 20 Th… (WEB)
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