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Sirach 18:28-30
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sirach 18:28-30
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
28 Every intelligent person knows wisdom,
and praises one who finds her.
29 Those who are skilled in words become wise themselves,
and pour forth apt proverbs.[a]
Self-Control[b]
30 Do not follow your base desires,
but restrain your appetites.
Footnotes
- Sirach 18:29 Other ancient authorities add Better is confidence in the one Lord than clinging with a dead heart to a dead one.
- Sirach 18:30 This heading is included in the Gk text.
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