8 For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul, these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness. (WEB) 9 For even if no troubling thing frighted them, yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents, (WEB) 10 they perished trembling in fear, refusing even to look at the air, which could not be escaped on any side. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 17:8–10
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Wisdom of Solomon 17:14–16
14 But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed, and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades, sleeping the same sleep, (WEB) 15 now were haunted by monstrous apparitions, and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering; for sudden and… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 17:3–5
3 For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions. (WEB) 4 For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them… (WEB) 5 … (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:18–20
18 or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage, either breathing out a blast of fiery breath, or belching out smoke, or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes; (WEB) 19 which had power not only to consume them by their violence, but to destroy them even by th… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:16–18
16 bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment, and standing, it filled all things with death, and while it touched the sky it stood upon the earth. (WEB) 17 Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them, and unexpected fears came upon them. (WEB) 18 And eac… (WEB)
Testament of Benjamin 1:10–12
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Wisdom of Solomon 17:18–20
18 Whether there was a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches, or a measured fall of water running violently, (WEB) 19 or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down, or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen, or the voice of wild… (WEB) 20 … (WEB)
Psalms 48:5–7
5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror. 6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor. 7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
Psalms 107:17–19
17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
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