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For they went at large
like horses, and
leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.
For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony,
like as in a
psaltery notes change the name of the
tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the
like to thy friend.
Like as a
partridge taken and kept in a
cage, so is the heart of the proud; and
like as a
spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
Every beast loveth his
like, and every man loveth his
neighbor.
All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will
cleave to his
like.
Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him.
He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth
like a
crier; to day he lendeth, and to
morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be
hated of God and man.
He that buildeth his house with other men’s money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial.
The congregation of the wicked is
like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.
The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.
The inner parts of a
fool are
like a broken vessel, and he will hold no knowledge as long as he liveth.
The talking of a
fool is
like a burden in the way: but grace shall be found in the lips of the wise.
Doctrine unto fools is as
fetters on the feet, and
like manacles on the right hand.
Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and
like a
bracelet upon his right arm.
Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
I was
exalted like a palm tree in En-
gaddi, and as a rose plant in
Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.
He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance
like sackcloth.
The birds will resort unto their
like; so will truth return unto them that
practise in her.
I have
hated many things, but nothing
like him; for the Lord will
hate him.
He sheweth no mercy to a man, which is
like himself: and
doth he ask
forgiveness of his own sins?
Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
The heart of the
foolish is
like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are
like a rolling
axletree.
As the clay is in the
potter’s hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as
liketh him best.
I
awaked up last of all, as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers: by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and tred my winepress
like a gatherer of grapes.
Whoso regardeth dreams is
like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.
If there be kindness,
meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband
like other men.
He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help
like unto himself, and a
pillar of rest.
The goods of the unjust shall be dried up
like a river, and shall
vanish with noise,
like a great
thunder in rain.
Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;
With Isaac did he establish
likewise for Abraham his father’s sake the blessing of all men, and the covenant, And made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing, and gave him an
heritage, and divided his portions; among the twelve tribes did he part them.
He made him
like to the glorious saints, and
magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.
He
exalted Aaron, an holy man
like unto him, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
With twisted scarlet, the work of the
cunning workman, with precious stones
graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jeweller, with a writing engraved for a
memorial, after the number of the tribes of Israel.
Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
O Elias, how
wast thou honoured in thy
wondrous deeds! and who may glory
like unto thee!
The
remembrance of Josias is
like the composition of the
perfume that is made by the art of the
apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a
banquet of wine.
But upon the earth was no man created
like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
Wherefore the evils
cleaved unto us, and the
curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey,
like as it is to see this day.
Like as now the neighbours of
Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the
Everlasting.
Beware therefore that ye in no wise be
like to strangers, neither be ye and of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them,
worshipping them.
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
As for the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell and
abuse; in
like manner their wives lay up part thereof in salt; but unto the poor and
impotent they give nothing of it.
In
like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a
vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.
Their gods of wood, and which are overlaid with gold and silver, are
like the stones that be
hewn out of the mountain: they that worship them shall be confounded.
Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will
flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned
asunder like beams.
In
like manner the
lightning when it breaketh forth is easy to be seen; and after the same manner the wind bloweth in every country.
And the fire sent from above to
consume hills and woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are
like unto them neither in
shew nor power.
And
likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are
like to a white
thorn in an
orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark.
Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
Her sanctuary was laid waste
like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into
mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king’s commandment,
like as all the heathen have done,
yea, and the men of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the king’s friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.
Thus dealt he
zealously for the law of God
like as Phinees did unto Zambri the son of Salom.
In his acts he was
like a lion, and
like a lion’s
whelp roaring for his prey.
And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to
paint the
likeness of their images.
So was there a great
affliction in Israel, the
like whereof was not since the time that a prophet was not seen among them.
Since thy brother
Judas died, we have no man
like him to go forth against our enemies, and Bacchides, and against them of our nation that are
adversaries to us.
For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, neither is there place for us to turn aside.
And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host,
like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through
deceit to get Alexander’s kingdom, and join it to his own.
Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon, and to do as hath been said.
The same things wrote he
likewise unto
Demetrius the king, and Attalus, to Ariarathes, and Arsaces,
And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones
like thunderbolts, and struck down the captain,
hewed them in pieces,
smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without.
In
like manner also
Judas gathered together all those things that were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with us,
Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general
supplication, because the place was
like to come into contempt.
By reason
whereof sore calamity came upon them: for they had them to be their enemies and avengers, whose custom they followed so earnestly, and unto whom they desired to be
like in all things.
And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen
horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances,
like a band of soldiers,
And when he was at the last
gasp, he said, Thou
like a
fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto
everlasting life.
Now when this man was dead also, they
tormented and
mangled the fourth in
like manner.
I
beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made
likewise.
He was through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he made least account; and putting off his glorious
apparel, and discharging his company, he came
like a
fugitive servant through the
midland unto Antioch having very great dishonour, for that his host was destroyed.
And they kept the eight days with
gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long
afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they
wandered in the mountains and dens
like beasts.
Others
likewise ascending after them, whiles they were
busied with them that were within, burnt the towers, and
kindling fires burnt the blasphemers alive; and others broke open the gates, and, having received in the rest of the army, took the city,
And giving a charge upon their enemies
like lions, they
slew eleven thousand
footmen, and sixteen hundred
horsemen, and put all the other to flight.
But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews that dwelt among them,
Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed with anger, he rose up; and though his blood
gushed out
like spouts of water, and his wounds were
grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the
throng; and standing upon a steep rock,
This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.