Sirach 21:3-5

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³All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword;
there is no healing for its wound.

⁴Terror and violence will lay waste riches;
thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
⁵The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God,^[a]
and his judgment comes speedily.

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Sirach 21:5 Gk his ears

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