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• Because of the divine intervention, Heliodorus became mute and lost all hope of saving his life. (2 Maccabees 3, 29)

• "If you have some enemy whom you wish to eliminate, send him there and you will see him return well flogged; that is, if he ever returns at all, for surely, divine power is in that place. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)

• For it is not easy to break the divine laws with impunity as the following episodes will show. (2 Maccabees 4, 17)

• So the cowardly and those who had no confidence in divine justice took to flight. (2 Maccabees 8, 13)

• Only when he was beaten by the divine scourge did he begin to shed his arrogance. His pains grew worse, and he realized this was the punishment of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)

• So he sent a messenger to convince them to accept peace with every kind of just condition. And he even promised to persuade the king to make peace with them, too. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)

• A wicked messenger falls on misfortune, the reliable one brings healing. (Proverbs 13, 17)

• The king's anger is a messenger of death but the wise man knows how to appease him. (Proverbs 16, 14)

• The wicked man seeks nothing but rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him. (Proverbs 17, 11)

• The trustworthy messenger is like the coolness of snow at harvest time, to him who sends him: he revives the soul of his master. (Proverbs 25, 13)

• A blameless man hastened to their defense. Using the weapons of his sacred office - prayer and atonement incense - he confronted the divine Wrath, putting an end to their affliction, and was thus recognized as your servant. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 21)

• Be willing to listen to all discourses on divine things, and do not let the sayings of the wise escape you. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 35)