Status Updates From The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims

1 Maccabees 9, Ecclesiasticus 24-25, Proverbs 23:1-4

"From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die."
-Ecclesiasticus 25:33

1 Maccabees 8, Eccleasiasticus 22-23, Proverbs 22:26-29

"Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men:
Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity."
Ecclesiasticus 23:18-19

Books read (9/73): 1) Proverbs, 2) Apocalypse, 3) Jude, 4) Mark; 5) Psalms; 6) Luke; 7) Acts; 8) Galatians; 9) James

Currently reading: Ephesians

Books read (8/73): 1) Proverbs, 2) Apocalypse, 3) Jude, 4) Mark; 5) Psalms; 6) Luke; 7) Acts; 8) Galatians

2 Esdras 11, Esther 8, 16, Proverbs 21:17-20

It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
-Proverbs 21:19

2 Esdras 9, Esther 4,14, Proverbs 21:9-12

It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
Proverbs 21:9

2 Esdras 8, Esther 3, 13, Proverbs 21:5-8
Once again, the Jews are being persecuted through political manipulation. The king's worm tongue has called for it.

2 Esdras 4-5, Esther 11-12, Proverbs 20:27-30
"What are the silly Jews doing?"
2 Esdras 4:2

2 Esdras 1-2, Zacharias 12-13, Proverbs 20:20-22
The fountain of Christ. Idols and false prophets shall be extirpated: Christ shall suffer: his people shall be tried by fire.

And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands?
And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me.
Zech. 13:6

Esdras 5-6, Zacharias 4-6, Proverbs 20:8-11

Christ is prophesized as the Orient on high, who shall be crowned in glory.

Esdras 3-4, Zacharias 1-3, Proverbs 20:4-7