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Acts of the Apostles 9, St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 15-16, Proverbs 27:18-20

Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
- Proverbs 27:20

Acts of the Apostles 5, St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8, Proverbs 27:7-9
"As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools."
Proverbs 27:9

Acts of the Apostles 4, St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6-7, Proverbs 27:4-6

St. Luke 17-19, Proverbs 26:13-16
The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
- Proverbs 26:13

1 Maccabees 16, Ecclesiasticus 38-39, Proverbs 23:29-35

Today I close off the 1st book of the Maccabean revolt

1 Maccabees 15, Ecclesiasticus 36-37, Proverbs 23:26-28

Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks
Ecclesiasticus 37:12

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

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