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Sirach 11:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man. "

Sirach 11:29

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27 The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.

28 Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children.

29 Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man.

30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.

31 For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil, and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy.

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"For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you."

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Obadiah 1:7

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"All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”"

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"The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head, and make him sit in the midst of great men."

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"Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance."

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"The bee is little among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of confections."

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"Don’t boast about the clothes you wear, and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor; for the Lord’s works are wonderful, and his works are hidden among men."

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"Many kings have sat down upon the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown."

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"Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands."

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