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Sirach 4:22 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling. "

Sirach 4:22

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20 Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.

21 For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.

22 Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.

23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.

24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.

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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."

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

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