6 but for admonition were they troubled for a short time, having a token of salvation to put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law; (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 16:6
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:10–12
10 But your children weren’t overcome by the very fangs of venomous dragons, for your mercy passed by where they were and healed them. (WEB) 11 For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles, and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness,… (WEB) 12 … (WEB)
2 Clement 11:3–5
3 Ye fools! compare yourselves unto a tree; take a vine. First it sheds its leaves, then a shoot cometh, after this a sour berry, then a full ripe grape. (2CL) 4 So likewise My people had tumults and afflictions: but afterward they shall receive good things. (2CL) 5 Wherefore, m… (2CL)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:8–10
8 having shown by the thirst which they had suffered how you punished the adversaries. (WEB) 9 For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath. (WEB) 10 For you tested these as a father admonishing them;… (WEB)
Isaiah 26:15–17
15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land. 16 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. 17 As a wom…
Wisdom of Solomon 12:1–3
1 For your incorruptible spirit is in all things. (WEB) 2 Therefore you convict little by little those who fall from the right way, and, putting them in remembrance by the things wherein they sin, you admonish them, that escaping from their wickedness they may believe i… (WEB)
Sirach 18:10–12
10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. (WEB) 11 For this cause the Lord was patient over them, and poured out his mercy upon them. (WEB) 12 He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil. Therefore he multiplied h… (WEB)
Judith 8:26–28
26 Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother. (WEB) 27 For he has not tried us in the fire, as he di… (WEB)
2 Baruch 13:9–11
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