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Sirach 40:28-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 40:28-30
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Disgrace of Begging
28 My son, do not lead the life of a beggar;
it is better to die than to beg.
29 When a man looks to the table of another,
his existence cannot be considered as life.
He pollutes himself with another man’s food,
but a man who is intelligent and well instructed guards against that.
30 In the mouth of the shameless begging is sweet,
but in his stomach a fire is kindled.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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