14 for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 4:14
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Wisdom of Solomon 4:9–11
9 but understanding is gray hair to men, and an unspotted life is ripe old age. (WEB) 10 Being found well-pleasing to God, someone was loved. While living among sinners he was transported. (WEB) 11 He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding, or guile deceive his… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:39–41
39 But the king, falling into a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, being exasperated at his mocking. (WEB) 40 So he also died pure, putting his whole trust in the Lord. (WEB) 41 Last of all, after her sons, the mother died. (WEB)
Sirach 44:19–21
19 Abraham was a great father of a multitude of nations. There was none found like him in glory, (WEB) 20 who kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him. In his flesh he established the covenant. When he was tested, he was found faithful. (WEB) 21 Therefore… (WEB)
Book of Jubilees 17:17–18
17 And the Lord knew that Abraham was faithful in all his afflictions; for He had tried him through his country and with famine, and had tried him with the wealth of kings, and had tried him again through his wife, when she was torn (from him), and with circumci… (JUB)
Sirach 44:15–17
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Testament of Reuben 2:10–12
10 For the Egyptian woman did many things unto him, and summoned magicians, and offered him love potions, but the purpose of his soul admitted no evil desire. (T12) 11 Therefore the God of your fathers delivered him from every evil and hidden death. (T12) 12 For if fornication over… (T12)
2 Peter 2:6–8
6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; 7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living amon…
1 Maccabees 3:6–8
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