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28 All intelligent people
have recognized Wisdom,
    and they will acknowledge[a]
    anyone who finds her.
29 Those who are intelligent with words
have become wise themselves,
    and they have poured forth
    fitting proverbs.[b]

Self-controlz[c]

30 Don’t go after your desires,
    and restrain yourself
    from your appetites.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 18:28 Or she will acknowledge
  2. Sirach 18:29 LXXb adds Confidence in a single master is better than adhering with a dead heart to a dead one.
  3. Sirach 18:30 The title appears in Gk manuscripts.

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