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If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them; and when ancient men are in place, use not many words.

And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth:

Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.

He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.

Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.

If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.

The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.

And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.

With such doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains.

He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.

He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.

He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.

The life of him that dependeth on another man’s table is not to be counted for a life; for he polluteth himself with other men’s meat: but a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.

Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:

The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.

So shalt thou be truly shamefaced and find favour before all men.

Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: thus shalt thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living.

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.

Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies:

Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations:

But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.

With Isaac did he establish likewise [for Abraham his father’s sake] the blessing of all men, and the covenant, And made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing, and gave him an heritage, and divided his portions; among the twelve tribes did he part them.

And he brought out of him a merciful man, which found favour in the sight of all flesh, even Moses, beloved of God and men, whose memorial is blessed.

He sanctified him in his faithfuless and meekness, and chose him out of all men.

He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense, and a sweet savour, for a memorial, to make reconciliation for his people.

Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in the wilderness, even the men that were of Dathan’s and Abiron’s side, and the congregation of Core, with fury and wrath.

Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from their bed:

Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.

They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.

After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the captives, and the mighty men, and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto Babylon.

Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,

They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?

Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,

Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.

Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, [being] gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.

They are borne upon shoulders, having no feet whereby they declare unto men that they be nothing worth.

They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.

They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.

How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?

And it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.

For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men.

Wherefore it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, seeing, they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good unto men.

O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face, (for she was covered) that they might be filled with her beauty.

Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.

And the king said, I see the footsteps of men, women, and children. And then the king was angry,

In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us: for since we departed from them we have had much sorrow.

So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.

And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.

Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.

Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king’s commandment, like as all the heathen have done, yea, and the men of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the king’s friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.

Also the king’s commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.

Now when it was told the king’s servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness,

Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law.

So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for succour.

So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for succour.

They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand.

Wherefore, ye my sons, be valiant and shew yourselves men in the behalf of the law; for by it shall ye obtain glory.

And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.

Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:

And Judas said, arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:

To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.

Now when Judas heard thereof he himself removed, and the valiant men with him, that he might smite the king’s army which was at Emmaus,

But as soon as it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men, who nevertheless had neither armour nor swords to their minds.

Then said Judas to the men that were with him, Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.

Howbeit all the hindmost of them were slain with the sword: for they pursued them unto Gazera, and unto the plains of Idumea, and Azotus, and Jamnia, so that there were slain of them upon a three thousand men.

The next year therefore following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.

So they came into Idumea, and pitched their tents at Bethsura, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.

So they joined battle; and there were slain of the host of Lysias about five thousand men, even before them were they slain.

Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in the fortress, until he had cleansed the sanctuary.

Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.

Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Galaad.

Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.

Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.

And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolemais; and there were slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took.

Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.

So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.

Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them.

And so it was, that Joseph and Azaras were put to flight, and pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there were slain that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men.

Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.

Howbeit certain of them that were besieged got forth, unto whom some ungodly men of Israel joined themselves:

Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and beside this, for every beast were ordained five hundred horsemen of the best.

And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.

Then Judas and his host drew near, and entered into battle, and there were slain of the king’s army six hundred men.

Now therefore let us be friends with these men, and make peace with them, and with all their nation;

In the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome, and came up with a few men unto a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.

There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:

Whereupon they believed him: howbeit he took of them threescore men, and slew them in one day, according to the words which he wrote,

After this, removed Bacchides from Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bezeth, where he sent and took many of the men that had forsaken him, and certain of the people also, and when he had slain them, he cast them into the great pit.

Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.

Where there were slain of Nicanor’s side about five thousand men, and the rest fled into the city of David.

But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,

Now Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accept all that joined themselves unto them, and make a league of amity with all that came unto them;

And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians, and how they had conquered them, and brought them under tribute;

Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate house, wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily, consulting alway for the people, to the end they might be well ordered:

Now Judas had pitched his tents at Eleasa, and three thousand chosen men with him:

Who seeing the multitude of the other army to be so great were sore afraid; whereupon many conveyed themselves out of the host, insomuch as there abode of them no more but eight hundred men.

With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents, and stood over against them, their horsemen being divided into two troops, and their slingers and archers going before the host and they that marched in the foreward were all mighty men.