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Sirach 31:24-26
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 31:24-26
Wycliffe Bible
24 The city shall grudge (or grumble) in the worst bread; and the witnessing of wickedness thereof is sooth. [In the most wicked bread grudged the city; and the witnessing of the wickedness of it is very (or it is true).]
25 Do not thou excite them that be diligent in wine [or Busy men in wine do not thou stir (or Do not thou stir up men busy with wine)]; for why wine hath destroyed many men.
26 Fire proveth hard iron; so wine drunken in drunkenness shall reprove the hearts of proud men.
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2001 by Terence P. Noble