Luke 1:1. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Judges 5:14. Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Sirach 6:35. Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.
Sirach 9:15. A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Sirach 22:6. A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.
Sirach 27:11. The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
Sirach 27:13. In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
Sirach 38:25. The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
Sirach 39:2. He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
Habakkuk 2:6. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
2 Maccabees 2:32. But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.
2 Maccabees 6:17. But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration.
