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Sirach 22:5-7
Good News Translation
Sirach 22:5-7
Good News Translation
5 A girl with no sense of propriety will disgrace both her husband and her father; neither will have any respect for her.
6 Lecturing your children can sometimes be as out of place as singing to people in mourning, but a whipping is a wise choice of discipline at any time.
7 Trying to teach a fool is like gluing a broken pot back together, like waking someone out of a deep sleep.
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