18 But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shown by irrational animals? (WEB)
4 Maccabees 14:18
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4 Maccabees 14:13–15
13 Consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws every one to sympathy of affection, (WEB) 14 where irrational animals possess a similar sympathy and love for their offspring with men. (WEB) 15 The tame birds frequenting the roofs of our houses defend their fledg… (WEB)
Job 18:2–4
2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk. 3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? 4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
4 Maccabees 15:3–5
3 rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life. (WEB) 4 In what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of form impressed into the small type of a child in a wonderful mann… (WEB)
Job 3:11–13
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? 12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed? 13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Job 39:1–3
1 “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? 2 Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? 3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 Maccabees 13:4–6
4 It is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection, for it gained the victory over both emotions and troubles. (WEB) 5 How, then, can we avoid according to these men mastery of emotion through right reasoning, since they didn’t withdraw from the pains of fire? (WEB) 6 F… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:12–14
12 But she inclined each one separately and all together to death for religion. (WEB) 13 O holy nature and parental feeling, and reward of bringing up children, and unconquerable maternal affection! (WEB) 14 At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was… (WEB)
Sirach 18:7–9
7 When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed. (WEB) 8 What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil? (WEB) 9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. (WEB)
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