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Sirach 37:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Don’t forget a friend in your soul. Don’t be unmindful of him in your riches. "
Sirach 37:6
Verse in Context
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4 There is a companion who rejoices in the gladness of a friend, but in time of affliction will be against him.
5 There is a companion who for the belly’s sake labors with his friend, yet in the face of battle will carry his buckler.
6 Don’t forget a friend in your soul. Don’t be unmindful of him in your riches.
7 Every counselor extols counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest.
8 Let your soul beware of a counselor, and know in advance what is his interest (for he will take counsel for himself), lest he cast the lot against you,
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Sirach 37:1
"Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”; but there is a friend which is only a friend in name."
Sirach 37:2
"Isn’t there a grief in it even to death when a companion and friend is turned into an enemy?"
Sirach 37:3
"O wicked imagination, why were you formed to cover the dry land with deceit?"
Sirach 37:4
"There is a companion who rejoices in the gladness of a friend, but in time of affliction will be against him."
Sirach 37:5
"There is a companion who for the belly’s sake labors with his friend, yet in the face of battle will carry his buckler."
Sirach 37:7
"Every counselor extols counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest."
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