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Sirach 10:19-20
Common English Bible

Honor and humility

19 What offspring are honorable?
Human offspring.
    What offspring are honorable?
    Those who fear the Lord.
    What offspring are dishonorable?
    Human offspring.
    What offspring are dishonorable?
    Those who violate
    the commandments.
20 Among brothers and sisters,
their leader is honored,
    and those who fear the Lord
    are honored in his sight.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 10:20 LXXb adds 10:21 Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but the beginning of rejection is stubbornness and arrogance.
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