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Sirach 7:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Sirach 7:13

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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.

14 Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.

15 Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.

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

Sirach 7:2

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

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"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."

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

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"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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