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Sirach 11:30 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Sirach 11:30

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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.

32 From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood.

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