2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 (The Creator of the world will give life and breath back to you again)

2 Maccabees 6:18-31 (I will leave a noble example of how to die a good death willingly for the laws) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31 (So we came to Rome)

1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 (Very great wrath came upon Israel) 1 John 3:14-18 (we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters)

Malachi 4:1-2 (For you the sun of righteousness shall rise) 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat)

Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 (There appeared an unhindered way out of the Red Sea, and they leaped like lambs.) Sirach 15:1-6 (She will feed him with the bread of understanding)

Wisdom 13:1-9 (If they could investigate the world, how did they fail to find the Lord of these things?)

Wisdom 7:22-8:1 (Wisdom is a reflection of eternal light; a spotless mirror of the working of God)

Wisdom 6:1-11 (Listen, O kings, that you may learn wisdom) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (To the measure of the store of the fullness of Christ)

Wisdom 2:23-3:9 (In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, but they are at peace) Isaiah 61:1-3 (The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor)

Wisdom 1:1-7 (Wisdom is a kindly spirit; the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world) Sirach 39:6-10(He will be filled with the spirit of understanding)