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Sirach 7:10-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

10. You should not be unwilling to beg, nor to give alms.

11. You should not say: "God will look with favor on the multitude of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the most high God, he will accept my gift."

12. You should not ridicule a man in bitterness of soul. For there is One who humbles and who exalts: the all-seeing God.

13. Do not love a lie against your brother, nor should you act the same toward your friend.

14. Do not be willing to devise a lie of any kind. For the practice of lying is not good.

15. Do not choose to be verbose among a multitude of elders, and you should not repeat the words of your prayers.

16. You should not hate laborious works, nor the rustic life created by the Most High.

17. You should not consider yourself to be among the multitude of the undisciplined.

18. Remember wrath. For it will not be delayed.

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