16 for ungodly men, refusing to know you, were scourged in the strength of your arm, pursued with strange rains and hails and relentless storms, and utterly consumed with fire. (WEB) 17 For, what was most marvelous, in the water which quenches all things, the fire burned hotter; for the world fights for the righteous. (WEB) 18 For at one time the flame was restrained, that it might not burn up the creatures sent against the ungodly, but that these themselves as they looked might see that they were chased by the judgment of God. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 16:16–18
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:21–23
21 For your nature showed your sweetness toward your children, while that bread, serving the desire of the eater, changed itself according to every man’s choice. (WEB) 22 But snow and ice endured fire, and didn’t melt, that people might know that fire was destroying the f… (WEB)
Sirach 45:18–20
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Psalms 78:48–50
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24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. 25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It e…
Wisdom of Solomon 19:1–2
1 But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end; for God also foreknew their future, (WEB) 2 how, having changed their minds to let your people go, and having sped them eagerly on their way, they would change their minds and pursue them. (WEB)
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