Classical antiquity

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Prepare to meet thy God.

Amos 4:12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Amos 4:12).

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Theognis. Elegies. c. 541 BC.

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Theognis. "Elegies." Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies, translated by Dorothea Wender. Penguin Classics, 1976.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:1).

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 30.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 30.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

Jesus

Matthew 7:20

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:20).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:8).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 4:15).

Pray without ceasing.

Apostle Paul

1st Thessalonians 5:17

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Thessalonians 5:17).

It is finished.

Jesus

John 19:30

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 19:30).

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Theognis. Elegies. c. 541 BC.

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Theognis. "Elegies." Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies, translated by Dorothea Wender. Penguin Classics, 1976.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 13:34).

If a man die, shall he live again?

Job

Job 14:14

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 14:14).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 2:12).

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 10:19).

The street of the city was pure gold.

Revelation 21:21

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 21:21).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:25).

Rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:18

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 5:18).

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Leonidas of Tarentum. Spring on the Coast. 3rd century BC.

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Leonidas of Tarentum. "Spring on the Coast." The Greek Anthology, translated by Clive Sansom, edited by Peter Jay. Penguin Classics, 1973.

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Matthew 6:27).