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Ben Sira 38
Ben Sira 38:1-6
Ben Sira 38
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Ben Sira 38:1-6
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Give doctors the honor they deserve, for the Lord gave them their work to do.
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Their skill came from the Most High, and kings reward them for it.
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Their knowledge gives them a position of importance, and powerful people hold them in high regard.
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The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible person will not hesitate to use them.
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Didn't a tree once make bitter water fit to drink, so that the Lord's power might be known?
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He gave medical knowledge to human beings, so that we would praise him for the miracles he performs.
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Exodus 15.23-25
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[Hebrew] gave them their work to do; [Greek] created them.
[b].
the Lord's power; [or] its healing properties.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.