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Sirach 14:1-3
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 14:1-3
Wycliffe Bible
14 Blessed is the man, that stood not by the word of his mouth, and was not pricked in (or with) the sorrow of trespass. [Blessful the man, that is not slide in word from his mouth, and is not pricked in sorrowy sloth of guilt.]
2 He is blessed, that hath not sorrow of (or in) his soul, and falleth not down from his hope. [Happy, or blessed, that had not sorrowy sloth of his inwit, and falleth not away from his hope.]
3 Chattel, that is, riches, is without reason to a covetous man, and hard niggard (or stingy or miserly); and whereto is gold to an envious man? [To the covetous man, and hard, without reason is substance; and to an envious man, whereto gold?]
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2001 by Terence P. Noble