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Sirach 25:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor! "

Sirach 25:5

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3 If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age?

4 How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel!

5 How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor!

6 Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord.

7 There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies.

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Sirach 25:1

"I enjoy three things, and they are beautiful before the Lord and men: the agreement of kindred, the friendship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement."

Sirach 25:2

"But my soul hates three sorts of people, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man who is arrogant, a rich man who is a liar, and an old fool who is an adulterer."

Sirach 25:3

"If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age?"

Sirach 25:4

"How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel!"

Sirach 25:6

"Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord."

Sirach 25:7

"There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies."

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