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Sirach 15:1-7 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. Whoever fears God will do good. And whoever holds to justice will obtain it.

2. And like an honorable mother, she will meet him, and like a virgin bride, she will receive him.

3. She will feed him with the bread of life and understanding. And she give him to drink from the water of salvific wisdom. And she will be confirmed in him, and he will not waver.

4. And she will hold to him, and he will not be confounded. And she will exalt him, along with those closest to him.

5. And in the midst of the Church, she will open his mouth, and she will fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and she will clothe him with a robe of glory.

6. She will store up in him a treasure of rejoicing and exultation, and she will cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

7. But foolish men will not take hold of her. And though understanding men will meet her, foolish men will not catch sight of her. For she is far from arrogance and deceit.

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