12 Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him. (WEB)
Sirach 38:12
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Sirach 38:1–2
1 Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him. (WEB) 2 For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king. (WEB)
2 Clement 9:6–8
6 Let us therefore love one another, that we all may come unto the kingdom of God. (2CL) 7 While we have time to be healed, let us place ourselves in the hands of God the physician, giving Him a recompense. (2CL) 8 What recompense? Repentance from a sincere heart. (2CL)
Sirach 7:29–31
29 Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. (WEB) 30 With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers. (WEB) 31 Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering,… (WEB)
Sirach 7:34–36
34 Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn. (WEB) 35 Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love. (WEB) 36 In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin. (WEB)
Job 5:17–19
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. 19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Sirach 6:15–17
15 There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend. His excellency is beyond price. (WEB) 16 A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine. Those who fear the Lord will find him. (WEB) 17 He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is… (WEB)
Luke 5:30–32
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repent…
Wisdom of Solomon 16:11–13
11 For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles, and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness, they should become unable to respond to your kindness. (WEB) 12 For truly it was neither herb nor poultice that cured them, but your word, O… (WEB) 13 … (WEB)
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