10 When I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my kindred and my relatives ate of the bread of the Gentiles; (WEB) 11 but I kept myself from eating, (WEB) 12 because I remembered God with all my soul. (WEB)
Tobit 1:10–12
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2 Esdras 1:18–20
18 saying, ‘Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to have served the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’ (WEB) 19 I had pity on your mourning and gave you manna for food. You ate angels’ bread. (WEB) 20 When you were thirst… (WEB)
Psalms 69:9–11
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. 10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. 11 I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Testament of Joseph 1:9–11
9 I was taken into captivity, and His strong hand succoured me. (T12) 10 I was beset with hunger, and the Lord Himself nourished me. (T12) 11 I was alone, and God comforted me: (T12)
Testament of Issachar 2:11–13
11 If any man were in distress I joined my sighs with his, (T12) 12 And I shared my bread with the poor. (T12) 13 I wrought godliness, all my days I kept truth. (T12)
Tobit 2:4–6
4 Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set. (WEB) 5 Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness, (WEB) 6 and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, “Your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your… (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:13–15
13 I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me; (T12) 14 In bonds, and He released me; (T12) 15 Slandered, and He pleaded my cause; (T12)
Psalms 39:8–10
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. 9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. 10 Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Odes of Solomon 28:8–10
8 They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost; (ODE) 9 And my oppression became my salvation; and I was their reprobation because there was no zeal in me; (ODE) 10 Because I did good… (ODE)
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