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Ben Sira 15:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

7 The worthless will not attain her,
    and the haughty will not behold her.
8 She is far from the impious;
    liars never think of her.
9 [a]Praise is unseemly on the lips of sinners,
    for it has not been allotted to them by God.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:9–10 There is an intimate association between wisdom and praise of the Lord.
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