Found 9 Results for: vigilance

  • And indeed, we ourselves, who have taken up the task of abridging this work, have no easy labor. For, in truth, more correctly, we have assumed an activity full of vigilance and sweat. (2 Maccabees 2, 27)

  • He will give his mind over to the plowing of furrows, and his vigilance to the fattening of the cows. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 27)

  • Similarly, every craftsman and artisan, who crafts in the night as well as in the day, who sculpts graven seals, and who, by his diligence, varies the image, will give his mind over to the likeness of the image. And he will complete the work by his vigilance. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 28)

  • He gives his heart to the completion of his work, and his vigilance adorns it to perfection. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 31)

  • He will give his heart over to the completion of the glazing, and his vigilance to the cleansing of the furnace. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 34)

  • The vigilance of a father for his daughter is hidden, and his concern for her takes away his sleep. For perhaps, in her adolescence, she might be brought into adulthood. Or when she lives with her husband, she might become hateful. (Ecclesiasticus 42, 9)

  • At the words of the Holy One, they stand for judgment, and they will never fail in their vigilance. (Ecclesiasticus 43, 11)

  • despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting; (2 Corinthians 6, 5)

  • with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness, (2 Corinthians 11, 27)


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