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Sirach 3:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 3:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 they will serve their parents as their masters.[a]
8 Honor your father by word and deed,
that his blessing may come upon you.
9 For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children,
but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
Footnotes
- Sirach 3:7 In other ancient authorities this line is preceded by Those who fear the Lord honor their father,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
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