Sirach 16:21

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Sirach 16:21 (WEB)
Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden.

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Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV
“…than those of a lower—nevertheless it is impossible for them to comprehend all things, according to the statement, “The most part of the works of God are hid.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ecclus. xvi. 21.
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