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Sirach 36:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech. "
Sirach 36:19
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17 Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; and all those who are on the earth will know that you are the Lord, the eternal God.
18 The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another.
19 The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech.
20 A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.
21 A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another.
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Sirach 36:1
"Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;"
Sirach 36:2
"and send your fear upon all the nations."
Sirach 36:3
"Lift up your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your mighty power."
Sirach 36:4
"As you showed your holiness in us before them, so be magnified in them before us."
Sirach 36:5
"Let them know you, as we also have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God."
Sirach 36:6
"Show new signs, and work various wonders. Glorify your hand and your right arm."
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