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Sirach 18:17
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Sirach 18:17
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Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.
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15
My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.
16
Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
17
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.
18
A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.
19
Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.