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Ben Sira 22
Ben Sira 22:1-8
Ben Sira 22
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Ben Sira 22:1-8
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A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
2
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill; every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
3
An evil-nurtured man is the dishonor of his father that begot him, and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
4
A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband, but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.
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She that is bold dishonoreth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.
6
A tale out of season is as music in mourning, but stripes and correction in wisdom are never out of time.
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Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
8
He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber; when he hath told his tale, he will say, "What is the matter?"
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Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.