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Sirach 4:10 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does. "

Sirach 4:10

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8 Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.

9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.

10 Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.

11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.

12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.

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Sirach 4:1

"My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long."

Sirach 4:2

"Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress."

Sirach 4:3

"Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need."

Sirach 4:4

"Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man."

Sirach 4:5

"Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you."

Sirach 4:6

"For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication."

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