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People Who Deserve Praise

25 There are three things in which I take special delight—things that are beautiful to the Lord and people alike:[a]
    brothers who get along with each other,
        neighbors who are friends,
            and a married couple who are happy together.

There are three kinds of people I cannot stand, whose behavior I find highly offensive:
    poor people who are arrogant,
        rich people who lie,
            and foolish old men who commit adultery.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 25:1 Some ancient translations There are...alike; Greek I was made beautiful in three ways and I stood before the Lord and people in beauty.

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