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Sirach 6:19-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

19. Approach wisdom like one who plows and sows, and then wait for her good fruits.

20. For in doing her work, you will labor a little, but you will soon eat from her produce.

21. How exceedingly harsh is wisdom to unlearned men! And so, the witless will not remain with her.

22. She will be to them like a great stone of trial, and they will cast her away from them without delay.

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