Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 42

42:1

Don’t be ashamed of these things,

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42:2

of the law of the Most High and his covenant,

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of reckoning with a partner and with travellers,

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of exactness of scales and weights,

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of bargaining dealing with merchants,

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42:6

A seal is good where an evil wife is.

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42:7

Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight.

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42:8

Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish,

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42:9

A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father.

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42:10

in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house;

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42:11

Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter,

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42:12

Don’t gaze at every beautiful body.

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42:13

For from garments comes a moth,

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42:14

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman,

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42:15

I will make mention now of the works of the Lord,

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42:16

The sun that gives light looks at all things.

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42:17

The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works,

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42:18

He searches out the deep and the heart.

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42:19

He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be,

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42:20

No thought escapes him.

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42:21

He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom.

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42:22

How desirable are all his works!

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42:23

All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses.

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42:24

All things are in pairs, one opposite the other.

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42:25

One thing establishes the good things of another.

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