nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord
Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in
putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them,
and weep for ever.
Jdt 16:18
Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped
the Lord; and as soon as the people were purified, they offered
their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their
gifts.
Jdt 16:19
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the
people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken
out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.
Jdt 16:20
So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the
sanctuary for the space of three months and Judith remained with
them.
Jdt 16:21
After this time every one returned to his own inheritance,
and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession,
and was in her time honourable in all the country.
Jdt 16:22
And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her
life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered
to his people.
Jdt 16:23
But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in
her husband's house, being an hundred and five years old, and
made her maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her
in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Jdt 16:24
And the house of Israel lamented her seven days: and before
she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were
nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that
were the nearest of her kindred.
Jdt 16:25
And there was none that made the children of Israel any more
afraid in the days of Judith, nor a long time after her death.
The Book of Wisdom
[The Wisdom of Solomon]
Wis 1:1
Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of
the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek
him.
Wis 1:2
For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth
himself unto such as do not distrust him.
Wis 1:3
For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when
it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
Wis 1:4
For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell
in the body that is subject unto sin.
Wis 1:5
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and
remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will
not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
Wis 1:6
For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a
blasphemer of his words: for
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