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Ben Sira 24
Ben Sira 24:27-32
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Ben Sira 24:27-32
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It sparkles with teachings like the Nile, like the Gihon at grape-picking time.
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The first human being ever created never knew Wisdom completely, and the last person on earth will be no more successful.
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The possibilities of Wisdom are vaster than the ocean; her resources are more profound than the deepest waters beneath the earth.
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As for me, I thought of myself as an irrigation canal bringing water from a river into a garden.
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I only intended to water my orchard and flower beds, but the canal soon became a river, and the river became a sea.
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And so I present you with my learning; I hold it high, so that its light can be seen everywhere, like that of the rising sun.
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[One ancient translation] It sparkles . . . Nile; [Greek] It makes teachings shine like light.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.