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By heaven and earth and by our God, the Lord of our fathers, who is punishing us for our sins and the sins of our ancestors, we implore you to take this course now, today.' (Judith 7, 28)
'Whereas certain scoundrels have seized control of the kingdom of our fathers, and I propose to claim back the kingdom so that I may re-establish it as it was before, and whereas I have accordingly recruited very large forces and fitted out warships, (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
the only provider, who alone are just, almighty and everlasting, the deliverer of Israel from every evil, who made our fathers your chosen ones and sanctified them, (2 Maccabees 1, 25)
He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy. (Proverbs 17, 21)
From fathers comes inheritance of house and wealth, from Yahweh a wife who is discreet. (Proverbs 19, 14)
The father of the upright will rejoice indeed, he who fathers a wise child will have joy of it. (Proverbs 23, 24)
He overcame Hostility, not by physical strength, nor by force of arms; but by word he prevailed over the Punisher, by recalling the oaths made to the Fathers, and the covenants. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 22)
For the whole world was on his flowing robe, the glorious names of the Fathers engraved on the four rows of stones, and your Majesty on the diadem on his head. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 24)
designated in the prophecies of doom to allay God's wrath before the fury breaks, to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 10)
The living, the living are the ones who praise you, as I do today. Fathers tell their sons about your constancy. (Isaiah 38, 19)
Kings will be your foster-fathers and their princesses, your foster-mothers. They will fall prostrate before you, faces to the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am Yahweh; those who hope in me will not be disappointed. (Isaiah 49, 23)
The children collect the wood, the fathers light the fire, the women knead the dough, to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; and, to spite me, they pour libations to alien gods. (Jeremiah 7, 18)