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After he and the men with him had eaten and drunk, they spent the night there. When they were up the next morning, he said, "Give me leave to return to my master." Her brother and mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us a short while, say ten days; after that she may go." But he said to them, "Do not detain me, now that the LORD has made my errand successful; let me go back to my master."
[GEN 24:54-56]
"I do this because, when I was returning from
Paddan, your mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey
in Canaan, while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and
I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is,
Bethlehem)." [GEN 48:7]
But David replied: "Your father is well
aware that I am favored with your friendship, so he has decided,
'Jonathan must not know of this lest he be grieved.' Nevertheless,
as the LORD lives and as you live, there is but a step between me
and death." Jonathan then said to David, "I will do
whatever you wish." David answered: "Tomorrow is the new
moon, when I should in fact dine with the king. Let me go and hide
in the open country until evening. If it turns out that your
father misses me, say, 'David urged me to let him go on short
notice to his city Bethlehem, because his whole clan is holding
its seasonal sacrifice there."' [1SAM 20:3-6]
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at
En-rogel, since they could not risk being seen entering the city.
A maidservant was to come with information for them, and they in
turn were to go and report to King David. But an attendant saw
them and informed Absalom. They sped on their way and reached the
house of a man in Bahurim who had a cistern in his courtyard. They
let themselves down into this, and the housewife took the cover
and spread it over the cistern, strewing ground grain on the cover
so that nothing could be noticed. When Absalom's servants came to
the woman at the house, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and
Jonathan?" The woman replied, "They went by a short
while ago toward the water." They searched, but found no one,
and so returned to Jerusalem. [2SAM 17:17-20]
"From the time of our fathers even to this day great has been our guilt, and for our wicked deeds we have been delivered over, we and our kings and our priests, to the will of the kings of foreign lands, to the sword, to captivity, to pillage, and to disgrace, as is the case today.
And now, but a short time ago, mercy came to us from the LORD, our God, who left us a remnant and gave us a stake in his holy place; thus our God has brightened our eyes and given us relief in our servitude."
[Taken from EZRA 9:7-8]
When Tobit saw his son, he threw his arms around
him and wept. He exclaimed, "I can see you, son, the light of
my eyes!" Then he said: "Blessed be God, and praised be
his great name, and blessed be all his holy angels. May his holy
name be praised throughout all the ages, Because it was he who
scourged me, and it is he who has had mercy on me. Behold, I now
see my son Tobiah!" Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and
praising God with full voice. Tobiah told his father that his
journey had been a success; that he had brought back the money;
and that he had married Raguel's daughter Sarah, who would arrive
shortly, for she was approaching the gate of Nineveh. [Taken from
TOBIT 11:13-15]
The people rejoiced greatly, and observed that day as a great festival. They decreed that it should be observed every year on the thirteenth of Adar. And for a short time the land of Judah was quiet.
[1MACC 7:48-50]
While he lay speechless and deprived of all hope of aid, due to an act of God's power, the Jews praised the Lord who had marvelously glorified his holy Place; and the temple, charged so shortly before with fear and commotion, was filled with joy and gladness, now that the almighty Lord had manifested himself.
[2MACC 3:29-30]
But he made up his mind in a noble manner,
worthy of his years, the dignity of his advanced age, the merited
distinction of his gray hair, and of the admirable life he had
lived from childhood; and so he declared that above all he would
be loyal to the holy laws given by God. He told them to send him
at once to the abode of the dead, explaining: "At our age it
would be unbecoming to make such a pretense; many young men would
think the ninety-year-old Eleazar had gone over to an alien
religion. Should I thus dissimulate for the sake of a brief moment
of life, they would be led astray by me, while I would bring shame
and dishonor on my old age. Even if, for the time being, I avoid
the punishment of men, I shall never, whether alive or dead,
escape the hands of the Almighty. Therefore, by manfully giving up
my life now, I will prove myself worthy of my old age, and I will
leave to the young a noble example of how to die willingly and
generously for the revered and holy laws." He spoke thus, and
went immediately to the instrument of torture. Those who shortly
before had been kindly disposed, now became hostile toward him
because what he had said seemed to them utter madness. When he was
about to die under the blows, he groaned and said: "The Lord
in his holy knowledge knows full well that, although I could have
escaped death, I am not only enduring terrible pain in my body
from this scourging, but also suffering it with joy in my soul
because of my devotion to him." This is how he died, leaving
in his death a model of courage and an unforgettable example of
virtue not only for the young but for the whole nation. [2MACC 6:23-31]
Shortly before, he had thought that he could
reach the stars of heaven, and now, no one could endure to
transport the man because of this intolerable stench. At last,
broken in spirit, he began to give up his excessive arrogance, and
to gain some understanding, under the scourge of God, for he was
racked with pain unceasingly. When he could no longer bear his own
stench, he said, "It is right to be subject to God, and not
to think one's mortal self divine." [2MACC 9:10-12]
Judas and his men thanked them and exhorted them
to be well disposed to their race in the future also. Finally they
arrived in Jerusalem, shortly before the feast of Weeks. [2MACC
12:31]
What you know, I also know; I fall not short of
you. [JOB 13:2]
Man born of woman is short-lived and full of
trouble [Taken from JOB 14:1]
Can a man be found who is clean of defilement? There is none,
however short his days. You know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass. [JOB 14:4-5]
Do you not know this from olden time, since man was placed upon the earth, That the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the impious but for a moment?
[JOB 20:4-5]
You have given my days a very short span; my
life is as nothing before you. All mortals are but a breath. [Taken
from PS 39:6]
You cut short the days of his youth, covered him
with shame. [Taken from PS 89:46]
God has shattered my strength in mid-course, has
cut short my days. I plead, O my God, do not take me in the midst
of my days. Your years last through all generations. Of old you
laid the earth's foundations; the heavens are the work of your
hands. They perish, but you remain; they all wear out like a
garment; Like clothing you change them and they are changed, but
you are the same, your years have no end. May the children of your
servants live on; may their descendants live in your presence. [PS
102:24-29]
Any man to whom God gives riches and property, and grants power to partake of them, so that he receives his lot and finds joy in the fruits of his toil, has a gift from God. For he will hardly dwell on the shortness of his life, because God lets him busy himself with the joy of his heart.
[ECCL 5:18-19]
But the just man, though he die early, shall be
at rest. For the age that is honorable comes not with the passing
of time, nor can it be measured in terms of years. Rather,
understanding is the hoary crown for men, and an unsullied life,
the attainment of old age. He who pleased God was loved; he who
lived among sinners was transported - Snatched away, lest
wickedness pervert his mind or deceit beguile his soul; For the
witchery of paltry things obscures what is right and the whirl of
desire transforms the innocent mind. Having become perfect in a
short while, he reached the fullness of a long career; for his
soul was pleasing to the LORD, therefore he sped him out of the
midst of wickedness. But the people saw and did not understand,
nor did they take this into account. [WISDOM 4:7-14]
God of my fathers, LORD of mercy. you who have
made all things by your word And in your wisdom have established
man to rule the creatures produced by you, To govern the world in
holiness and justice, and to render judgment in integrity of
heart: Give me Wisdom, the attendant at your throne, and reject me
not from among your children; For I am your servant, the son of
your handmaid, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in
comprehension of judgment and of laws. Indeed, though one be
perfect among the sons of men, if Wisdom, who comes from you, be
not with him, he shall be held in no esteem. [WISDOM 9:1-6]
Then, in time, the impious practice gained
strength and was observed as law, and graven things were worshiped
by princely decrees. Men who lived so far away that they could not
honor him in his presence copied the appearance of the distant
king And made a public image of him they wished to honor, out of
zeal to flatter him when absent, as though present. And to promote
this observance among those to whom it was strange, the artisan's
ambition provided a stimulus. For he, mayhap in his determination
to please the ruler, labored over the likeness to the best of his
skill; And the masses, drawn by the charm of the workmanship, soon
thought he should be worshiped who shortly before was honored as a
man. [WISDOM 14:16-20]
For truly the potter, laboriously working the
soft earth, molds for our service each several article: Both the
vessels that serve for clean purposes and their opposites, all
alike; As to what shall be the use of each vessel of either class
the worker in clay is the judge. And with misspent toil he molds a
meaningless god from the selfsame clay; though he himself shortly
before was made from the earth And after a little, is to go whence
he was taken, when the life that was lent him is demanded back.
But his concern is not that he is to die nor that his span of life
is brief; Rather, he vies with goldsmiths and silversmiths and
emulates molders of bronze, and takes pride in modeling
counterfeits. Ashes his heart is! more worthless than earth is his
hope, and more ignoble than clay his life; Because he knew not the
one who fashioned him, and breathed into him a quickening soul,
and infused a vital spirit. [WISDOM 15:7-11]
But as a warning, for a short time they were
terrorized, though they had a sign of salvation, to remind them of
the precept of your law. [WISDOM 16:6]
One may toil and struggle and drive, and fall short all the more.
Another goes his way a weakling and a failure, with little strength and great
misery - Yet the eyes of the LORD look favorably upon him; he raises him free of the vile dust,
Lifts up his head and exalts him to the amazement of the many. [SIRACH
11:11-13]
Envy and anger shorten one's life, worry brings
on premature old age. [SIRACH 30:24]
A great anxiety has God allotted, and a heavy
yoke, to the sons of men; From the day one leaves his mother's
womb to the day he returns to the mother of all the living, His
thoughts, the fear in his heart, and his troubled forebodings till
the day he dies - Whether he sits on a lofty throne or grovels in
dust and ashes, Whether he bears a splendid crown or is wrapped in
the coarsest of cloaks - Are of wrath and envy, trouble and dread,
terror of death, fury and strife. Even when he lies on his bed to
rest, his cares at night disturb his sleep. So short is his rest
it seems like none, till in his dreams he struggles as he did by
day, Terrified by what his mind's eye sees, like a fugitive being
pursued; As he reaches safety, he wakes up astonished that there
was nothing to fear. So it is with all flesh, with man and with
beast, but for sinners seven times more. [SIRACH
40:1-8]
When I was young and innocent, I sought wisdom.
She came to me in her beauty, and until the end I will cultivate
her. As the blossoms yielded to ripening grapes, the heart's joy,
My feet kept to the level path because from earliest youth I was
familiar with her. In the short time I paid heed, I met with great
instruction. Since in this way I have profited, I will give my
teacher grateful praise. [SIRACH 51:13-17]
Whenever it passes, it shall take you; morning
after morning it shall pass, By day and by night; terror alone
shall convey the message. For the bed shall be too short to
stretch out in, and the cover too narrow to wrap in. For the LORD
shall rise up as on Mount Perazim, bestir himself as in the Valley
of Gibeon, To carry out his work, his singular work, to perform
his deed, his strange deed. [ISA 28:19-21]
Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one
answer when I called? Is my hand too short to ransom? Have I not
the strength to deliver? [Taken from ISA 50:2]
Lo, the hand of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
Rather, it is your crimes that separate you from your God, It is your sins that make him hide his face so that he will not hear you. [ISA 59:1-2]
In Heshbon's shadow stop short the exhausted
refugees; For fire breaks forth from Heshbon, and a blaze from the
house of Sihon: It consumes the brow of Moab, the skull of the
noisemakers. [JER 48:45]
See, everyone who is fond of proverbs will say
of you, 'Like mother, like daughter.' Yes, you are the true
daughter of the mother who spurned her husband and children, and
you are a true sister to those who spurned their husbands and
children - your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
Your elder sister was Samaria with her daughters, living to the
north of you; and your younger sister, living to the south of you,
was Sodom with her daughters. Yet not only in their ways did you
walk, and act as abominably as they did; in a very short time you
became more corrupt in all your ways than they. As I live, says
the Lord GOD, I swear that your sister Sodom, with her daughters,
has not done as you and your daughters have done! [EZEK 16:44-48]
Even though they bargain with the nations, I
will now gather an army; King and princes shall shortly succumb
under the burden. [HOSEA 8:10]
How can it be said, O house of Jacob, "Is
the LORD short of patience, or are such his deeds?" Do not my
words promise good to him who walks uprightly? [MICAH 2:7]
[Jesus said,] "When you see the desolating
abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the
holy place (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must
flee to the mountains, a person on the housetop must not go down
to get things out of his house, a person in the field must not
return to get his cloak. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers
in those days. Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the
sabbath, for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as
has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever
will be. And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be
saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened."
[Taken from MT 24:15-22]
"When you see the desolating abomination
standing where he should not (let the reader understand), then
those in Judea must flee to the mountains, (and) a person on a
housetop must not go down or enter to get anything out of his
house, and a person in a field must not return to get his cloak.
Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days. Pray that
this does not happen in winter. For those times will have
tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of God's
creation until now, nor ever will be. If the Lord had not
shortened those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of
the elect whom he chose, he did shorten the days. If anyone says
to you then, 'Look, here is the Messiah! Look, there he is!' do
not believe it. False messiahs and false prophets will arise and
will perform signs and wonders in order to mislead, if that were
possible, the elect. Be watchful! I have told it all to you
beforehand." [MK 13:14-23]
Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging
to Simon, [Jesus] asked him to put out a short distance from the shore.
Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. [Taken from
LK 5:3]
When he had finished all his words to the
people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who
was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he
heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him
to come and save the life of his slave. They approached Jesus and
strongly urged him to come, saying, "He deserves to have you
do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the
synagogue for us." And Jesus went with them, but when he was
only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends
to tell him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not
worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not
consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my
servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes;
and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do
this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this he was amazed
at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell
you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." When the
messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good
health. [LK 7:1-10]
He came to Jericho and intended to pass through
the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax
collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus
was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was
short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in
order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he
reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him,
"Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your
house." And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He
has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus
stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my
possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have
extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times
over." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come
to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For
the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost."
[LK 19:1-10]
After arresting him they led him away and took
him into the house of the high priest; Peter was following at a
distance. They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat
around it, and Peter sat down with them. When a maid saw him
seated in the light, she looked intently at him and said,
"This man too was with him." But he denied it saying,
"Woman, I do not know him." A short while later someone
else saw him and said, "You too are one of them"; but
Peter answered, "My friend, I am not." About an hour
later, still another insisted, "Assuredly, this man too was
with him, for he also is a Galilean." But Peter said,
"My friend, I do not know what you are talking about."
Just as he was saying this, the cock crowed, and the Lord turned
and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord,
how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows today, you
will deny me three times." He went out and began to weep
bitterly. [LK 22:54-62]
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in
Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his
disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran
short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no
wine." (And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your
concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said
to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." Now there
were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,
each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, "Fill
the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. Then
he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the
headwaiter." So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted
the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from
(although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the
headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone
serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an
inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now."
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee
and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in
him. [JN 2:1-11]
But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel,
a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up,
ordered the men to be put outside for a short time, and said to
them, "Fellow Israelites, be careful what you are about to do
to these men. Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be
someone important, and about four hundred men joined him, but he
was killed, and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and
came to nothing. After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of
the census. He also drew people after him, but he too perished and
all who were loyal to him were scattered. So now I tell you, have
nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if this
endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy
itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy
them; you may even find yourselves fighting against God."
They were persuaded by him. [ACTS 5:34-39]
Three days after his arrival in the province,
Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem where the chief priests
and Jewish leaders presented him their formal charges against
Paul. They asked him as a favor to have him sent to Jerusalem, for
they were plotting to kill him along the way. Festus replied that
Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea and that he himself
would be returning there shortly. He said, "Let your
authorities come down with me, and if this man has done something
improper, let them accuse him." [ACTS 25:1-5]
Brothers, when we were bereft of you for a short
time, in person, not in heart, we were all the more eager in our
great desire to see you in person. We decided to go to you - I,
Paul, not only once but more than once - yet Satan thwarted us.
For what is our hope or joy or crown to boast of in the presence
of our Lord Jesus at his coming if not you yourselves? For you are
our glory and joy. [1THES 2:17-20]
Endure your trials as "discipline";
God treats you as sons. For what "son" is there whom his
father does not discipline? If you are without discipline, in
which all have shared, you are not sons but bastards. Besides
this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we
respected them. Should we not (then) submit all the more to the
Father of spirits and live? They disciplined us for a short time
as seemed right to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order
that we may share his holiness. At the time, all discipline seems
a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful
fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. So
strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight
paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but
healed. [HEB 12:7-13]
Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose
those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of
the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? But you
dishonored the poor person. Are not the rich oppressing you? And
do they themselves not haul you off to court? Is it not they who
blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you? However, if
you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You
shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by
the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law, but
falls short in one particular, has become guilty in respect to all
of it. For he who said, "You shall not commit adultery,"
also said, "You shall not kill." Even if you do not
commit adultery but kill, you have become a transgressor of the
law. So speak and so act as people who will be judged by the law
of freedom. For the judgment is merciless to one who has not shown
mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. [JMS 2:5-13]
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly,
for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not fall short in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body also.
[JMS 3:1-2]
Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his
angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels
fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any
place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent,
who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world,
was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have salvation
and power come, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of
his Anointed. For the accuser of our brothers is cast out, who
accuses them before our God day and night. They conquered him by
the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for
life did not deter them from death. Therefore, rejoice, you
heavens, and you who dwell in them. But woe to you, earth and sea,
for the Devil has come down to you in great fury, for he knows he
has but a short time." [RV 12:7-12]
The angel said to me, "Why are you amazed? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns.
The beast that you saw existed once but now exists no longer. It will come up from the abyss and is headed for destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world shall be amazed when they see the beast, because it existed once but exists no longer, and yet it will come again.
Here is a clue for one who has wisdom. The seven heads represent seven hills upon which the woman sits. They also represent seven kings:
five have already fallen, one still lives, and the last has not yet come,
and when he comes he must remain only a short while. [Taken from
RV 17:7-10] [Note: Various anti-Catholic sects attempt to
associate the "seven hills" with the Catholic Church,
headquartered in Rome. However, the Vatican is located on Vatican
Hill, which is not one of the seven famous hills of Rome. A
number of other proofs exist showing how such arguments against
the Church are completely meritless. In fact, the more one studies
the arguments of the enemies of the true Church established by
Jesus, the Catholic Church, the more one may come to realize how
utterly implausible and illogical such arguments are. For
additional information, please visit the non-Catholics
section.]
Then I saw an angel come down from heaven,
holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a heavy chain. He
seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or
Satan, and tied it up for a thousand years and threw it into the
abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so that it could no
longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years are
completed. After this, it is to be released for a short time. [RV
20:1-3]
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