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Sirach 13:18-23 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

18. Love God for your entire life, and call upon him for your salvation.

19. Every animal loves its own kind; so also every man loves those closest to himself.

20. All flesh will join with whatever is similar to itself, and every man will associate with whomever is similar to himself.

21. If a wolf would at any time have fellowship with a lamb, so also would a sinner have fellowship with the just.

22. What fellowship does a holy man have with a dog? Or what portion do the wealthy have with the poor?

23. In the desert, the wild donkey is the prey of the lion. So also are the poor the pasture of the rich.

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