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Ben Sira 14:18-26
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Ben Sira 14:18-26
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Human beings are like leaves on a spreading tree. New growth takes the place of the fallen leaves; while some of us die, others are being born.
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Everything made by human hands will decay and perish, along with the person who made it.
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It is a happy person who is concerned with Wisdom and who uses good sense.
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Anyone who studies the ways of Wisdom will also learn her secrets.
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Go after Wisdom like a hunter looking for game.
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Look into her windows and listen at her doors.
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Camp as close to her house as you can get,
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and you will have a fine place to live.
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Build your home there, safe beneath her protecting branches, and shaded from the heat.
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14.20-25
Proverbs 8.32-35
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[Hebrew] Build . . . heat; [Greek] Let her protect your children. Live safe beneath her branches, shaded from the heat, surrounded by her glory.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.