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Sirach 42:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 42:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 of profit from dealing with merchants
and of frequent disciplining of children
and of drawing blood from the back of a wicked slave.(A)
6 Where there is an untrustworthy wife, a seal is a good thing,
and where there are many hands, lock things up.
7 When you make a deposit, be sure it is counted and weighed,
and when you give or receive, put it all in writing.
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