Ben Sira 7:24-34

24 Hast thou daughters? Have concern for their chastity, and show not thyself indulgent toward them.
25 Give thy daughter in marriage, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter; but give her to a man of understanding.
26 Hast thou a wife after thy heart? Forsake her not, but give not thyself over to a hateful woman.
27 Honor thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
28 Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence His priests.
30 Love Him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not His m inisters.
31 Fear the Lord; and honor the priest, and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee: the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.
32 And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
33 A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living, and for the dead detain it not.
34 Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
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