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Sirach 38:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin. "
Sirach 38:10
Verse in Context
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8 With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth.
9 My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
10 Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin.
11 Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, according to your means.
12 Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him.
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Sirach 38:1
"Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him."
Sirach 38:2
"For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king."
Sirach 38:3
"The skill of the physician will lift up his head. He will be admired in the sight of great men."
Sirach 38:4
"The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them."
Sirach 38:5
"Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known?"
Sirach 38:6
"He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works."
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