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For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.

For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.

For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.

Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.

Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,

Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.

Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.

Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.

If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.

The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also.

When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.

When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.

What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth; and flesh and blood will imagine evil.

And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.

The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one.

A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.

Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning [to favour.]

They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.

They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.

I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.

I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.

O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord.

Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.

Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.

Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.

I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.

The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.

A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.

There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofitable to himself.

Yet have I more to say, which I have thought upon; for I am filled as the moon at the full.

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!

We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he is all.

When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.

There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.

Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?

For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:

When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.

Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.

Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.

Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.

As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.

Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.

They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.

Yet they cannot understand this themselves, and leave them: for they have no knowledge.

Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name’s sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:

And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not one shew another his grief.

Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her.

Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.

Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.

While as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp.

As Judas was yet speaking these words, there appeared a part of them looking out of the mountain:

While these letters were yet reading, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,

Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, (for that it was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles, had eaten up the residue of the store;)

Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby:

Now when king Alexander heard these things, he honoured Jonathan yet more.

Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,

Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully unto him yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:

This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.

We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them.

And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give thee an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word;

Even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains;

And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,

Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice.

Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:

And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.

For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.

Now when he was thus maimed in all his members, he commanded him being yet alive to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the pan: and as the vapour of the pan was for a good space dispersed, they exhorted one another with the mother to die manfully, saying thus,

Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;

Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs.

Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king’s commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.

And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastening and correction, yet shall he be at one again with his servants.

For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.

And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name’s sake, by which they were called.

Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed with anger, he rose up; and though his blood gushed out like spouts of water, and his wounds were grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the throng; and standing upon a steep rock,

Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed with anger, he rose up; and though his blood gushed out like spouts of water, and his wounds were grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the throng; and standing upon a steep rock,

Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.

But yet the king is more mighty: for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do.

And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;

Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,

And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.

And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.

Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.

Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.

I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.

And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.

I divided among you a fruitful land, I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? saith the Lord.

Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them.

Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them.

They have seen no prophets, yet they shall call their sins to remembrance, and acknowledge them.

I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness: and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the thing that I say.

And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.

And yet their reward appeareth not, and their labour hath no fruit: for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments.

Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.

Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.

But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.

For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?

And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.