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Sirach 11:28-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 11:28-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
28 Call no one happy before his death;
a man will be known through his children.
Care in Choosing Friends
29 Do not bring every man into your home,
for many are the wiles of the crafty.
30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of a proud man,
and like a spy he observes your weakness;[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 11:30 Heb: Gk downfall
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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