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KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Wisdom of Solomon 18:12

So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The Letter of Aristeas 1:2

It is by this means, by taking up into itself the noblest elements, that the soul is established in purity, and having fixed its aim on piety, the noblest goal of all, it uses this as its infallible guide and so acquires a definite purpose.

The Letter of Aristeas 1:2

It is by this means, by taking up into itself the noblest elements, that the soul is established in purity, and having fixed its aim on piety, the noblest goal of all, it uses this as its infallible guide and so acquires a definite purpose.

The Letter of Aristeas 2:9

If it please you, O king, a letter shall be written to the High Priest in Jerusalem, asking him to send six elders out of every tribe--men who have lived the noblest life and are most skilled in their law--that we may find out the points in which the majority of them are in agreement, and so having obtained an accurate translation may place it in a conspicuous place in a manner worthy of the work itself and your purpose.

The Letter of Aristeas 8:22

For the mind mostly busies itself in sleep with the same things with, which it occupies itself when awake. And he who has all his thoughts and actions set towards the noblest ends establishes himself in righteousness both when he is awake and when he is asleep. Wherefore. you must be steadfast in the constant discipline of self.

The Letter of Aristeas 9:6

And he said, 'By never causing them pain, and this is not possible unless God dispose the mind to the pursuit of the noblest ends.'

The Letter of Aristeas 10:19

And he replied, 'You should summon to your side men of learning and those who are able to give you useful hints with regard to the affairs of your kingdom and the lives of your subjects (for you could not find any theme more suitable or more educative than this) since such men are dear to God because they have trained their minds to contemplate the noblest themes--as you indeed are doing yourself, since all your actions are directed by God.'

The Sibylline Oracles 1:156

For noblest works. And to him God himself

The Sibylline Oracles 3:154

For he was oldest and of noblest form.

The Sibylline Oracles 3:173

Noblest of women, at Dodona bear,

The Sibylline Oracles 3:518

Ever-famed, noblest scion, and shall leave

The Sibylline Oracles 3:739

And faith and noblest thought within their hearts;

The Sibylline Oracles 3:833

The great God's temple and the noblest men.

The Sibylline Oracles 5:350

By far the noblest of the Hebrews stretched,

The Sibylline Oracles 5:513

And noblest men. Thus shall be made to cease

The Sibylline Oracles 11:170

By far the noblest heroes of the Greeks

The Sibylline Oracles 12:103

The cities many noblest citizens