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• The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xxxv, 1
• The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xi, 2...
• He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xi, 15
• The liberal soul shall be made fat. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xi, 25
• In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes xi, 3
• He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass. -- Old Testament -- Psalm lxxii, 6
• A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.
  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xlii, 3...
• He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes xi, 4...
• He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter. -- Old Testament -- Isaiah liii, 7