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Ben Sira 3:17
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My child, perform your tasks with humility; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.
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in the day of your distress it will be remembered in your favor; like frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
16
Whoever forsakes a father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers a mother is cursed by the Lord.
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My child, perform your tasks with humility; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.
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The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.
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[a].
Heb: Gk [meekness]
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.