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• Having carried off his daughter and bestowed her on Demetrius, he broke with Alexander, and their enmity became open. (1 Maccabees 11, 12)

• May he open your hearts to his Law and his precepts, and give you peace. (2 Maccabees 1, 4)

• Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, had his mouth forced open, to make him eat a piece of pork. (2 Maccabees 6, 18)

• Others, in a similar scaling operation, took the defenders in the rear, and set fire to the towers, lighting pyres on which they burned the blasphemers alive. The first, meanwhile, breaking open the gates, let the rest of the army in and, at their head, captured the town. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)

• there had been a public vote by the citizens, and the Jews accepted, as well they might, being peaceable people with no reason to suspect anything. But once out in the open sea they were all sent to the bottom, a company of at least two hundred. (2 Maccabees 12, 4)

• Those left behind in the city felt a similar anxiety, alarmed as they were about the forthcoming encounter in the open country. (2 Maccabees 15, 19)

• Through his knowledge the depths were cleft open, and the clouds distil the dew. (Proverbs 3, 20)

• Be open with the wise, he grows wiser still, teach the upright, he will gain yet more. (Proverbs 9, 9)

• Sheol and Perdition lie open to Yahweh; how much more the human heart! (Proverbs 15, 11)

• A present will open all doors and win access to the great. (Proverbs 18, 16)

• The violent lays himself open to a penalty; spare him, and you aggravate his crime. (Proverbs 19, 19)

• Do not love sleep or you will know poverty; keep your eyes open and have your fill of food. (Proverbs 20, 13)