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Sirach 34:1-10 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Senseless peoplehave empty and false hopes,and dreams excite fools.

2. Those who pay attention to dreamsare just like people who graspat a shadow or pursue the wind.

3. What one sees in a dream is a reflection,a face looking at its own likeness.

4. What will be made cleanfrom something unclean?And what will be trueof something false?

5. Divinations, omens,and dreams are empty.The mind has fantasies,just like a woman in labor does.

6. Unless the Most High sends a dreamby means of a visitation,don’t pay any attention to it.

7. Dreams have misled many,and those who have placed hope in them have fallen.

8. The Law will be fulfilled without lies;wisdom in a faithful person’s mouthis fulfillment.

9. People who have traveled know a lot,and those who are experiencedwill speak sense.

10. People with no experience know little,

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