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Wisdom of Ben Sira 22:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 22:7-9
New Catholic Bible
[7 [a]Children whose upbringing leads to a good life
make one forget the humble origin of their parents.
8 Children who are puffed up with disdain and haughtiness
blemish the nobility of their family.]
Working with Fools Is a Lost Cause[b]
9 Teaching a fool is like gluing together pieces of pottery,
or like rousing a sleeper from deep slumber.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 22:7 Added by some early MSS.
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 22:9 Once more, the author paints one of his lively portraits of the foolish. Is it just, as he says, to discourage any commerce with them, or rather to inspire someone to make the effort necessary, so that one will not be counted among those culpable for the degeneration of heart and spirit? For it is about this foolishness that the Bible speaks.
