4 The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them. (WEB) 5 Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known? (WEB) 6 He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works. (WEB)
Sirach 38:4–6
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Sirach 43:32–33
32 Many things greater than these are hidden, for we have seen just a few of his works. (WEB) 33 For the Lord made all things. He gave wisdom to the godly. (WEB)
Sirach 39:20–22
20 He sees from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing too wonderful for him. (WEB) 21 No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses. (WEB) 22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood. (WEB)
Sirach 38:11–13
11 Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, according to your means. (WEB) 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) 13 There is a time when recovery is in their h… (WEB)
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)
Sirach 15:9–11
9 Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord. (WEB) 10 For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it. (WEB) 11 Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:6–8
6 For in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing, the hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft, your hand guided the seed of generations of the race of men. (WEB) 7 For blessed is wood through which comes righteousness; (WEB) 8 but the idol made with hands is accur… (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 3:12–14
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, 13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can b…
Wisdom of Solomon 11:1–2
1 Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet. (WEB) 2 They traveled through a desert without inhabitant, and they pitched their tents in trackless regions. (WEB)
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