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Sirach 7:23-25
Common English Bible
Sirach 7:23-25
Common English Bible
23 Do you have children? Instruct them.
Train them to be obedient[a]
from their youth.
24 Do you have daughters?
Be attentive to their chastity,[b]
and don’t be too cheerful with them.[c]
25 Give a daughter in marriage,
and you will have completed a great deed,
but present her
to an understanding husband.
Footnotes
- Sirach 7:23 LXX Bend their necks
- Sirach 7:24 LXX body
- Sirach 7:24 LXX Don’t brighten your face toward them.
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