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Ben Sira 4:8
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Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
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6
For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.
7
Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
8
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
9
Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.
10
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
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