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• It is no small thing to violate the divine laws, as the period that followed will demonstrate. (2 Maccabees 4, 17)

• Then and there, as a consequence, in his shattered state, he began to shed his excessive pride and come to his senses under the divine lash, spasms of pain overtaking him. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)

• Obey the king's command and, because of the divine promise, (Ecclesiastes 8, 2)

• A father afflicted by untimely mourning has an image made of his child so soon carried off, and now pays divine honours to what yesterday was only a corpse, handing on mysteries and ceremonies to his people; (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 15)

• for by the very vengeance that you exacted on our adversaries, you glorified us by calling us to you. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 8)

• Bear in mind the retribution of the last days, the time of vengeance when God averts his face. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 24)

• Any evil rather than an evil caused by an enemy! Any vengeance rather than the vengeance of a foe! (Ecclesiasticus 25, 14)

• Sarcasm and abuse are the mark of the arrogant, but vengeance lies in wait like a lion for such a one. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 28)

• Whoever exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 1)

• until he has crushed the loins of the merciless and exacted vengeance on the nations, (Ecclesiasticus 35, 20)

• Mighty in war was Joshua son of Nun, successor to Moses in the prophetic office, who well deserved his name, and was a great saviour of the chosen people, wreaking vengeance on the enemies who opposed him, and so bringing Israel into its inheritance. (Ecclesiasticus 46, 1)

• for they tried out every kind of wickedness, until vengeance overtook them. (Ecclesiasticus 47, 25)