4 “Behold, you have done this to me, because you search out the ways of the Most High. (WEB)
2 Esdras 12:4
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2 Esdras 4:1–3
1 The angel who was sent to me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer, (WEB) 2 and said to me, “Your understanding has utterly failed you regarding this world. Do you think you can comprehend the way of the Most High?” (WEB) 3 Then I said, “Yes, my Lord.” He answered me, “I ha… (WEB)
Job 21:26–28
26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
2 Esdras 10:51–53
51 Therefore I asked you to remain in the field where no house was built, (WEB) 52 for I knew that the Most High would show this to you. (WEB) 53 Therefore I commanded you to come into the field, where no foundation of any building was. (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:53–55
53 And I said unto her: It is because thou hast filled it with deadly enchantments; and how saidst thou: I come not near to idols but to the Lord alone. (T12) 54 Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by His angel thy wickedness, and I have kep… (T12)
2 Baruch 56:1–2
1 Nevertheless, because thou hast besought the Most High to reveal to thee the interpretation (2BA) 2 of the vision which thou hast seen, I have been sent to tell thee. And the Mighty One hath assuredly made known to thee the methods of the times that have passed, and o… (2BA)
Book of Enoch 60:9–11
9 And I besought the other angel that he should show me the might of those monsters, how they were parted on one day and cast, the one into the abysses of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the wilderness. (ENO) 10 And he said to me: ‘Thou son of man, herein tho… (ENO)
Job 10:5–7
5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man, 6 that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin— 7 though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
2 Maccabees 7:30–32
30 But before she had finished speaking, the young man said, “What are you all waiting for? I don’t obey the commandment of the king, but I listen to the commandment of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses. (WEB) 31 But you, who have devised all kinds of ev… (WEB)
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