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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Jonah was in the belly <strong>of</strong> the fish three days and three nights.<br />

Jonah ch. 1, v. 17<br />

2.116.2.29 Micah<br />

<strong>The</strong>y shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig tree.<br />

Micah ch. 4, v. 4<br />

But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands <strong>of</strong> Judah, yet out <strong>of</strong><br />

thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.<br />

Micah ch. 5, v. 2<br />

What doth the Lord require <strong>of</strong> thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly<br />

with thy God?<br />

Micah ch. 6, v. 8<br />

2.116.2.30 Nahum<br />

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full <strong>of</strong> lies and robbery; the prey departeth not.<br />

Nahum ch. 3, v. 1<br />

2.116.2.31 Habakkuk<br />

Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.<br />

Habakkuk ch. 2, v. 2<br />

2.116.2.32 Zephaniah<br />

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!<br />

Zephaniah ch. 3, v. 1<br />

2.116.2.33 Haggai<br />

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat but ye have not enough...and he that earneth<br />

wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.<br />

Haggai ch. 1, v. 6<br />

2.116.2.34 Malachi<br />

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun <strong>of</strong> righteousness arise with healing in his wings.<br />

Malachi ch. 4, v. 2<br />

2.116.3 Apocrypha<br />

2.116.3.1 1 Esdras<br />

<strong>The</strong> first wrote, Wine is the strongest. <strong>The</strong> second wrote, <strong>The</strong> king is strongest. <strong>The</strong> third<br />

wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things<br />

Truth beareth away the victory.<br />

1 Esdras ch. 3, v. 10

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