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Sirach 38:25

Listen to Sirach 38:25
25 How will people become wise when they take hold of a plow or pride themselves in how well they handle an ox prod, when they drive cattle and are absorbed with their work, and their conversation is about bulls?

Sirach 38:25 In-Context

23 When the dead are at rest, put their memory to rest, and be comforted for them when their spirit has left.
24 The scribe's wisdom depends on the opportunity for leisure, and whoever lacks busyness will become wise.
25 How will people become wise when they take hold of a plow or pride themselves in how well they handle an ox prod, when they drive cattle and are absorbed with their work, and their conversation is about bulls?
26 Their hearts are given over to plowing furrows, and they lose sleep because they're concerned about supplying heifers with food.
27 So it is also with every craftsperson and master artisan who carries over the day's work into the night, who carves figures on seals and works diligently to make diverse ornamentations. They will devote themselves to producing a lifelike painting, and they lose sleep in order to finish their work.
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