4 Maccabees 8:14
Source: Septuagint
14Now they having listened to these words of persuasion, and seeing the fearful instruments, not only were not afraid, but even answered the arguments of the tyrant, and through their good reasoning destroyed his power.
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12And when the spearman brought forward the wheels, and the racks, and hooks, and catapults, and caldrons, pans, and finger racks, and iron hands, and wedges, and bellows, the tyrant continued:
13Fear, young men, and the Righteousness which ye worship will be merciful to you if you err from compulsion.
— 4 Maccabees 8:14 —
15Now let us consider the matter: had any of them been weak spirited and cowardly among them, what reasonings would they have employed but such as these?
16O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?