2 I molded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb, being compacted in blood from the seed of man and pleasure of marriage. (WEB) 3 I also, when I was born, drew in the common air, and fell upon the kindred earth, uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry. (WEB) 4 I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes. (WEB) 5 For no king had a different beginning, (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:2–5
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Proverbs 4:2–4
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, 4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Ezekiel 16:3–5
3 and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water f…
Wisdom of Solomon 8:19–21
19 Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul. (WEB) 20 Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body. (WEB) 21 But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom unless God gave her to me— yes, and to know and understand by whom the grace is given— I pleaded w… (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 41:9–11
9 For the Father of truth remembered me: He who possessed me from the beginning: (ODE) 10 For His bounty begat me, and the thought of His heart: (ODE) 11 And His Word is with us in all our way; (ODE)
Psalms 22:9–11
9 Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast. 10 From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God. 11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
Job 33:5–7
5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. 6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay. 7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
Job 3:15–17
15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? 17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Job 3:11–13
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? 12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed? 13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
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