Sirach 19:19-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

True and False Wisdom

²⁰The whole of wisdom is fear of the Lord,
and in all wisdom there is the fulfillment of the law.^[a]

Footnotes

Sirach 19:20 Other ancient authorities add and the knowledge of his omnipotence. ²¹When a slave says to his master, “I will not act as you wish,” even if later he does it, he angers the one who supports him.

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