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Sirach 19:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel. "
Sirach 19:22
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
20 All wisdom is the fear of the Lord. In all wisdom is the doing of the law.
22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel.
23 There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
24 Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.
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Sirach 19:1
"A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little."
Sirach 19:2
"Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless."
Sirach 19:3
"Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away."
Sirach 19:4
"He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul."
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