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Sirach 7:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? "
Sirach 7:28
Verse in Context
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26 Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.
27 Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.
28 Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?
29 Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests.
30 With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers.
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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."
Sirach 7:4
"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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