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Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Jesus

John 14:1

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Faith Inner peace Reassurance

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 14:1).

Now I live in hope, but the end is in the hands of gods.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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God is in control

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

464 BC 460s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:6

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Worry Prayer

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Philippians 4:6).

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 4:8-9

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Perseverance

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

2nd Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9).

Not to be born surpasses thought and speech.
The second best is to have seen the light
And then to go back quickly whence we came.

Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus

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Being born Death as a blessing

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Sophocles

Source

Oedipus at Colonus

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

406 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sophocles. Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ [Oedipus at Colonus]. 401 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Oedipus at Colonus." The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Odeipus at Colonus, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2000.

We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Hesiod

Theogony

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Lying Telling the truth

Author

Hesiod

Source

Theogony

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 27-28.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 27-28.

Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:12

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Original sin Death Sin Human nature

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:12).

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Jesus

Mark 11:24

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Topic

Prayer

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark 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. (Mark 11:24).

For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.

Hippocrates

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Medicine

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Aphorisms

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Aphorisms. c. 370 BC, sect. 1, pt. 6.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982, sect. 1, pt. 6.

It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.

Herodotus

Histories

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Regression to the mean God and man The gods

Speaker

Artabanus

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Histories. c. 430 BC, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7.

The god
Visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Euripides

Phrixus

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Collective guilt

Author

Euripides

Source

Phrixus

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 970.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.

James 1:12

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Temptation

Source

James The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

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 1:12).

And distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Acts 4:35

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Topic

Redistribution of resources Sharing Early Christians

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 4:35).

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Jesus

Matthew 24:14

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The Gospel Evangelism End times

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

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Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 24:14).

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Colossians 3:18-19

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Gender roles Marriage Men and women

Source

Colossians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 3:18-19).

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Menander

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Marriage

Author

Menander

Medium

Fragment

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Menander. Unidentified fragment 651. c. 300 BC.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

Pindar

Nemean Odes

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Words vs. actions

Author

Pindar

Source

Nemean Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

473 BC 470s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pindar. Nemean Odes. c. 473 BC, Nemean 4.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008, Nemean IV.

Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 3:13-14

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Eyes on the prize Goals Focus

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 3:13-14).

Behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Revelation 6:8

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The Grim Reaper Death

Source

Revelation The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Vision

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 6:8).

It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”

Jesus

Matthew 15:11

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Bodily purity Words

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 15:11).