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Sirach 6:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him. "

Sirach 6:21

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19 Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit.

20 How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her.

21 She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him.

22 For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many.

23 Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel.

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Sirach 6:1

"Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue."

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"Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull."

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"You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree."

Sirach 6:4

"A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies."

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