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Sirach 4:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay. "

Sirach 4:31

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29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.

30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.

31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.

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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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