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Sirach 3:7-9
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 3:7-9
Revised Standard Version
7 he will serve his parents as his masters.[a]
8 Honor your father by word and deed,
that a blessing from him may come upon you.
9 For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children,
but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
Footnotes
- Sirach 3:7 In other authorities this line is preceded by Whoever fears the Lord will honor his father,
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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