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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Omnipotence of God God

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Jesus

Luke 11:33

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Evangelism Candles

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 11:33).

I am all-powerful Time which destroys all things, and I have come here to slay these men. Even if thou dost not fight, all the warriors facing thee shall die.

Krishna

Bhagavad Gita

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God taking sides God

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Krishna

Source

Bhagavad Gita

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 11, v. 32.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 11, v. 32.

There is a sound of abundance of rain.

1st Kings 18:41

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Rain

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Elijah

Source

1st Kings The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 18:41).

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

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Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 1:1).

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua

Joshua 24:15

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Serving God

Speaker

Joshua

Source

Joshua The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

Hebrew

Time

1385 BC 1380s BC 14th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Joshua 24:15).

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Pessimism Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Athens and Jerusalem

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Book of Acts The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23

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Words vs. actions Hard work Work

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 14:23).

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James 4:14

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life Life

Source

James The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:14).

Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud.
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

Nagarjuna

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The ephemeral Impermanence

Author

Nagarjuna

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [The Diamond Sutra]. c. 868.

Current Citation

The Diamond Sutra, translated by Red Pine. Counterpoint, 2002.

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 115:17

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The afterlife Death Oblivion

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Psalms The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 115:17).

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jesus

Matthew 11:15

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Listening

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 11:15).

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1st Peter 2:11

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Lust

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1st Peter The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 2:11).

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Proverbs 9:10

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Fear of God Wisdom

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 9:10).

No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 10:24

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Selflessness Loving others

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (1st Corinthians 10:24).

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another man should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

Pali Tipitaka

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Self-mastery Personal growth

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Pali Tipitaka

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Sanskrit

Time

100 BC 100s BC 2nd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada v. 103.

Current Citation

Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Dhammapada v. 103.

For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land.

Deuteronomy 8:7

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Israel

Source

Deuteronomy The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Deuteronomy 8:7).

Faith without works is dead.

James 2:26

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Faith vs. works Good works Faith

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James The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 2:26).

God is love.

1st John 4:8

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Nature of God God's love God

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1st John The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Greek

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 4:8).