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Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database



673
Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 18.21-18.22


nanBefore falling ill, humble yourself,and when you are on the point of sinning, turn back.


nanLet nothing hinder you from paying a vow promptly,and do not wait until death to be released from it.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Hebrew Bible, Micah, 3.4 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

3.4. אָז יִזְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָם וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנָיו מֵהֶם בָּעֵת הַהִיא כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵרֵעוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם׃ 3.4. Then shall they cry unto the LORD, But He will not answer them; yea, He will hide His face from them at that time, According as they have wrought evil in their doings."
2. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 10.1, 104.29 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

10.1. ודכה [יִדְכֶּה] יָשֹׁחַ וְנָפַל בַּעֲצוּמָיו חלכאים [חֵיל] [כָּאִים׃] 10.1. לָמָה יְהוָה תַּעֲמֹד בְּרָחוֹק תַּעְלִים לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה׃ 104.29. תַּסְתִּיר פָּנֶיךָ יִבָּהֵלוּן תֹּסֵף רוּחָם יִגְוָעוּן וְאֶל־עֲפָרָם יְשׁוּבוּן׃ 10.1. Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?" 104.29. Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, And return to their dust."
3. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 54.8 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

54.8. בְּשֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף הִסְתַּרְתִּי פָנַי רֶגַע מִמֵּךְ וּבְחֶסֶד עוֹלָם רִחַמְתִּיךְ אָמַר גֹּאֲלֵךְ יְהוָה׃ 54.8. In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have compassion on thee, Saith the LORD thy Redeemer."
4. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 2.1, 2.2, 3.12, 3.17, 3.31, 4.1, 4.3, 5.7, 6.8, 6.18, 7.17, 10.26, 11.19, 11.25, 11.26, 12.16, 14.20-15.10, 17.2, 18, 18.15, 18.18, 18.19, 18.20, 18.22, 18.24, 18.25, 18.26, 19.3, 19.8, 19.9, 19.17, 19.20, 21.1, 21.2, 21.5, 21.6, 21.9, 21.10, 21.17, 22.12, 22.13, 22.15, 22.16, 22.23, 34.26, 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 36.5, 36.6, 36.7, 36.8, 36.9, 36.10, 36.11, 36.12, 36.13, 36.14, 36.15, 36.16, 36.17, 37.4, 38.13, 39.7, 39.8, 39.9, 39.10, 39.11, 39.12, 40.23, 40.24, 46.19, 49.2, 51.10, 51.12 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

10.26. Do not make a display of your wisdom when you do your work,nor glorify yourself at a time when you are in want. 10.26. For it is easy in the sight of the Lord to reward a man on the day of death according to his conduct.
5. New Testament, Acts, 3.19, 9.35, 11.21, 13.24, 14.15, 15.3, 15.19, 19.4, 20.21, 26.18, 26.20, 28.27 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.19. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord 9.35. All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. 11.21. The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. 13.24. before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 14.15. Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them; 15.3. They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers. 15.19. Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God 19.4. Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, on Jesus. 20.21. testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 26.18. to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' 26.20. but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. 28.27. For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
6. New Testament, Luke, 3.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

3.8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
acrostic, nonalphabetic Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
assyria Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 62
baptism, john the baptist Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
ben sira Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 61, 62
dead sea scrolls Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 9
death Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 358, 381; Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
eternity Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 347
fool Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
friendship Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 347, 358
gentile Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
heart Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
illness Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 347, 375, 376, 377
inclusio Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
jews Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
judgment Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 375, 376, 377, 380, 384
metanoia/metanoeō Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
mind Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
mourning/death/burial Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 61
poverty Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 372, 381
qumran Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 61, 62
repentance/penitence Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 62
repentance Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
restoration Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
scribe' Reif, Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy (2006) 61
sin/sinners Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
sin Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
speech Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
theodicy Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
time, concepts of Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 9, 369
time Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 370, 375, 380, 381, 383, 384
trust (between friends) Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159
turning/change Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 264
wealth Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 372, 381
wisdom/wise Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 159