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• While the sacrifice was being burned, the priests recited a prayer, and all present joined in with them, Jonathan leading and the rest responding with Nehemiah. (2 Maccabees 1, 23)

• The prayer was as follows: "Lord, Lord God, creator of all things, awesome and strong, just and merciful, the only king and benefactor, (2 Maccabees 1, 24)

• It was pitiful to see the populace variously prostrated in prayer and the high priest full of dread and anguish. (2 Maccabees 3, 21)

• After the prayer, they took up their arms and advanced a considerable distance from the city, halting when they were close to the enemy. (2 Maccabees 10, 27)

• By the might of your arm may those be struck down who have blasphemously come against your holy people!" With this he ended his prayer. (2 Maccabees 15, 24)

• The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Proverbs 15, 8)

• The LORD is far from the wicked, but the prayer of the just he hears. (Proverbs 15, 29)

• When one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. (Proverbs 28, 9)

• For the blameless man hastened to be their champion, bearing the weapon of his special office, prayer and the propitiation of incense; He withstood the wrath and put a stop to the calamity, showing that he was your servant. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 21)

• For if in the bitterness of his soul he curse you, his Creator will hear his prayer. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 6)

• Thrust not yourself into the deliberations of princes, and repeat not the words of your prayer. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 14)

• Prayer from a poor man's lips is heard at once, and justice is quickly granted him. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 5)