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Sirach 25:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 25:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Those Who Are Worthy of Praise
25 I take pleasure in three things,
and they are beautiful in the sight of God and of mortals:[a]
agreement among brothers and sisters, friendship among neighbors,
and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.(A)
2 I hate three kinds of people,
and I loathe their manner of life:
a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies,
and an old adulterer who lacks sense.(B)
Footnotes
- 25.1 Syr Lat: Gk In three things I was beautiful, and I stood in beauty before the Lord and mortals
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