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Sirach 6:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go. "
Sirach 6:27
Verse in Context
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25 Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds.
26 Come to her with all your soul. Keep her ways with your whole power.
27 Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go.
28 For at the last you will find her rest; and she will be turned for you into gladness.
29 Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength, and her chains for a robe of glory.
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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."
Sirach 6:2
"Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull."
Sirach 6:3
"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."
Sirach 6:5
"Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies."
Sirach 6:6
"Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand."
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