26 that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn that it is not the growth of crops that nourishes a man, but that your word preserves those who trust you. (WEB) 27 For that which was not destroyed by fire, melted away when it was simply warmed by a faint sunbeam, (WEB) 28 that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks, and must pray to you at the dawning of the light; (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 16:26–28
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