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Sirach 7:32 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete. "
Sirach 7:32
Verse in Context
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30 With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers.
31 Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.
32 Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete.
33 A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
34 Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn.
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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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