An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
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Examples for "Ben Sira"
Examples for "Ben Sira"
1In general Ben Sira voices the wholesome Jewish attitude toward labor:
2The book containing the writings of Ben Sira was known under a variety of titles.
3Apparently the first half of the book consists of notes based on Ben Sira's early teachings.
4The writings of Ben Sira reveal the close connection between the earlier wise and the later scribes.
5The Teachings of Ben Sira.
1Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach extolled him in their writings.
2Jesus the son of Sirach prefigures the Messiah as a Prophet and a Doctor.
3In the Greek version, however, he is known simply as Jesus, the son of Sirach.
4Date and Character of Jesus the Son of Sirach.-II
5All except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective, says Jesus Sirach (xlix.
1At length his eye fell upon them in the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
2The Latin Church followed the Greek in calling it Ecclesiasticus.
3Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision
4When he woke, Lenny knew exactly the passage they had been hunting for: Ecclesiasticus 2.
5Project Gutenberg EBook The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus
6Other night I was reading the works of Ecclesiasticus.
7Again, Ecclesiasticus, verse so and so-Mr.
8In this week of harvest, the message of Ecclesiasticus will banish discordant noises that deafen us to the Truth.
9(The passage from Ecclesiasticus in the last quotation is not Scripture.)
10In side 20 parishioners listened to the reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus Resentment and anger, these are foul things
11Ecclesiasticus saith, "The prayer of a good and godly Christian availeth more to health, than the physician's physic."
12Ecclesiasticus, likewise, says, chap.
13For the Scripture lesson he read a fine passage from Ecclesiasticus**, from which he also took his text.
14The book in its earlier form was evidently known to Ben Sira, the author of Ecclesiasticus, who lived about 180 B.C.
15"Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus are what I like best," said Eleanor.
16At the very time when Graetz thinks that agriculture had superseded pastoral pursuits in general esteem, the Book of Ecclesiasticus was written.
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