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Sirach 7:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. "

Sirach 7:11

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9 Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”

10 Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms.

11 Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.

12 Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.

13 Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.

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Sirach 7:1

"Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you."

Sirach 7:2

"Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you."

Sirach 7:3

"My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold."

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"Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king."

Sirach 7:5

"Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king."

Sirach 7:6

"Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness."

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