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Sirach 27:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. "
Sirach 27:6
Verse in Context
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4 In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts.
5 The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts.
6 The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart.
7 Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested.
8 If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, and put it on like a long robe of glory.
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Sirach 27:1
"Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away."
Sirach 27:2
"As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling."
Sirach 27:3
"Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly."
Sirach 27:4
"In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts."
Sirach 27:5
"The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts."
Sirach 27:7
"Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested."
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