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Sirach 4:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her. "
Sirach 4:14
Verse in Context
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12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
15 He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
16 If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
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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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