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Ben Sira 14:3
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It isn't right for someone who is selfish to be rich. What use is money to a stingy person?
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If a person never says anything carelessly, he is to be congratulated; he doesn't need to feel guilty.
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If a person has a clear conscience and never gives up hope, he is certainly to be congratulated!
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It isn't right for someone who is selfish to be rich. What use is money to a stingy person?
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If you deny yourself in order to accumulate wealth, you are only accumulating it for someone else. Others will use your riches to live in luxury.
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How can you be generous with others if you are stingy with yourself, if you are not willing to enjoy your own wealth?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.