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OT Pseudepigrapha
And as the potter knoweth the use of each vessel, what it is meet for, so also doth the Lord know the body, how far it will persist in goodness, and when it beginneth in evil.
For I know that at the last your children shall depart from Him, and shall walk in O wickedness, and affliction and corruption before the Lord.
For I know that ye shall sin, and be delivered into the hands of your enemies; and your land shall be made desolate, and your holy places destroyed, and ye shall be scattered unto the four corners of the earth.
And therefore shall ye be scattered as Gad and Dan my brethren, and ye shall know not your lands, tribe, and tongue.
Woman, reverence God, and do not this evil deed, lest thou be destroyed; for know indeed that I will declare this thy device unto all men.
Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by His angel thy wickedness, and I have kept it to convict thee, if haply thou mayst see and repent.
But the merchant fell at his feet, and besought him, saying: I beseech thee, my lord, I know not what thou sayest.
And I said unto them, I know not, I am a slave.
For I know that after my death the Egyptians will afflict you, but God will avenge you, and will bring you into that which He promised to your fathers.
And I said unto him, They dabbled thy coat with blood and sent it, and said: Know whether this be thy son's coat.
And let your mind be unto good, even as ye know me; for he that bath his mind right seeth all things rightly.
And I know how lowly He shall be upon earth, and how glorious in heaven.
And when he had said these things, he said unto them: Know ye, therefore, my children, that I am dying.
Then Haiqar knelt before the king, and said, 'Let my lord the king live for ever! and if thou desire to slay me, let thy wish be fulfilled; and I know that I am not guilty, but the wicked man bas to give an account of his wickedness; nevertheless, O my lord the king! I beg of thee and of thy friendship, permit the swordsman to give my body to my slaves, that they may bury me, and let thy slave be thy sacrifice.'
Then Haiqar took the swordsman aside apart from the company and said, 'O Abu Samik, dost thou not know that when Sarhadum the king, the father of Sennacherib, wanted to kill thee, I took thee and hid thee in a certain place till the king's anger subsided and he asked for thee?
And I know that the king will repent him about me and will be wroth with a great wrath about my execution.
For I am not guilty, and it shall be when thou shalt present me before him in his palace, thou shalt meet with great good fortune, and know that Nadan my sister's son has deceived me and has done this bad deed to me, and the king will repent of having slain me; and now I have a cellar in the garden of my house, and no one knows of it.
Bring him out and dress him in my clothes, and command the servants when they are drunk to slay him. They will not know who it is they are killing.
And they said to him, 'O our lord the king! know thou that there is none in thy kingdom who is acquainted with these questions except Haiqar, thy vizier and secretary.
Saying, 'O my grief! O Haiqar, who didst know the secrets and the riddles! woe is me for thee, O Haiqar! O teacher of my country and ruler of my kingdom, where shall I find thy like? O Haiqar, O teacher of my country, where shall I turn for thee? woe is me for thee! how did I destroy thee! and I listened to the talk of a stupid, ignorant boy without knowledge, without religion, without manliness.
And when Pharaoh heard this speech, he was greatly perplexed and was wroth with a great wrath, and said to him: 'O man! tell me the truth, and let me know who thou really art.'
O my son! know thou that if the tail of the dog or the pig were ten cubits long it would not approach to the worth of the horse's even if it were like silk.
They are written in the Hebrew characters and language and have been carelessly interpreted, and do not represent the original text as I am informed by those who know; for they have never had a king's care to protect them.
I summoned together the whole people and read it to them that they might know of your devotion to our God.
And he answered, 'To know that God is Lord of the Universe, and that in our finest achievements it is not we who attain success but God who by his power brings all things to fulfilment and leads us to the goal.'
And he replied, 'By observing that the human race increases and is born with much trouble and great suffering: wherefore you must not lightly punish or inflict torments upon them, since you know that the life of men is made up of pains and penalties. For if you understood everything you would be filled with pity, for God also it pitiful!
And he answered, 'By recognizing that womankind are by nature headstrong and energetic in the pursuit of their own desires, and subject to sudden changes of opinion through fallacious reasoning, and their nature is essentially weak. It is necessary to deal wisely with them and not to provoke strife. For the successful conduct of life. the steersman must know the goal toward which he ought to direct his course. It is only by calling upon the help of God that men can steer a true course of life at all times.'
For it is the custom, as you know, from the moment the king begins to transact business until the time when he retires to rest, for a record to be taken of all his sayings and doings--a most excellent and useful arrangement.
I obtained therefore, as has been said, accurate information from the public records, and I have set forth the facts in proper order since I know how eager you are to obtain useful information.
Therefore do we eat no unclean meat; for believing our Law to be given by God, we know also that the Creator of the world, as a Lawgiver, feels for us according to our nature.
This is the Spirit of the Lord, which doth not lie, which teacheth the sons of men to know His ways.
For thy seal is known: and thy creatures know it: and thy (heavenly) hosts possess it: and the elect archangels are clad with it.
He hath caused me to know Himself, without grudging, by His simplicity: His kindness has humbled His greatness.
And understand my knowledge, ye who know me in truth.
For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal:
And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word.
Nor does it know thee.
Neither does it know thee.
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
For the Lord disclosed His way, and spread abroad His grace: and those who understood it, know His holiness. Hallelujah.
For it suffices to know and to rest: for in rest the singers stand,
And it came infinitely and invisibly: and until it was set in the midst they did not know it:
Whatever I did not know, it made clear to me, all the poisons of error, and the plagues of death which they think to be sweetness:
Put on, therefore, the name of the Most High, and know Him, and you shall cross without danger, for the rivers will be subject to you.
So was my yoke over those that know me: