Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 3:16
Source: Septuagint
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16Wherefore, setting up reasoning in opposition to his desire, he poured out the draft to God.
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14And having boldly discovered the fountain, they filled out of it the draft for the king.
15But he, though parched up with thirst, reasoned that a draft reputed of equal value to blood, would be terribly dangerous to his soul.
— 4 Maccabees 3:16 —
17For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the passions, and to quench the fires of excitement,
18and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.