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That same day Sara was so distressed in mind that she went to the upper room in her father's house. She wished to hang herself. But she thought better of it and said: "If people ever reproached my father and said to him: 'You had an only daughter whom you cherished and she hanged herself because she was unhappy,' I would cause my father in his old age to die of grief. It is better for me not to hang myself but to ask the Lord that I may die and not live to hear any more insults." (Tobit 3, 10)
Command that I be set free from the earth and that I may hear no more insults. (Tobit 3, 13)
that I have not defiled my name, nor my father's name in the country of my captivity. I am my father's only daughter. He has no other son or daughter who can inherit from him, neither has he a close relative who can be given to me as a husband. So, after my seven husbands are dead, I have no one to live for. If it does not seem good to you, O Lord, that I should die, command that people will respect me and have pity on me and that I may hear no more insults." (Tobit 3, 15)
Take vengeance on this man and on his army; let them die by the sword. Remember their insults and do not delay in punishing them." (1 Maccabees 7, 38)
Those within were confident in the strength of the fortress, so they hurled insults and curses at the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 34)
The besieged, confident in the strength of their walls and because they had their storehouses full of provisions, underestimated the men of Judas and behaved most insolently toward them. They also shouted insults, blasphemies and sacrilegious words at them. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
He preferred to die bravely rather than fall into the hands of foreigners and suffer insults unworthy of his noble birth. (2 Maccabees 14, 42)
He who corrects a mocker gains insults; and he who reprimands an evildoer receives abuse. (Proverbs 9, 7)
Oppression of the weak insults their creator, he is honored by those who have compassion on the needy. (Proverbs 14, 31)
He who mocks the poor insults their Creator, he who laughs at the deprived will not go unpunished. (Proverbs 17, 5)
Throw out the mocker and the dispute will cease, fighting and insults will end. (Proverbs 22, 10)
The fool intends to please but insults, a grudging man's gift makes the eyes smart. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 18)