Proverbs 25:7 (WEB)
for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
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“Knowing that which is written, ‘Speak that thine eyes have seen,’ and, ‘A false witness shall not be unpunished’, we testify what we have seen, especially since the conspiracy which has been formed against our Bishop Athanasius has made our testimony necessary.” — editor's note: Prov. xxv. 7, LXX, xix. 5.
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Proverbs 25:7 and Sirach 33:22 share the same wording (9 words).
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