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Sirach 34:2-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

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,

11. but those who have traveledhave become more clever.

12. I have seen a lot in my wandering,and I understand more than I can tell.

13. I’ve often been in danger,close to death,and I was savedbecause of these experiences.

14. The spirit of those who fear the Lordwill live,

15. because their hope is in the onewho saves them.

16. Those who fear the Lordwon’t be timid about anything;they will never turn coward,because the Lord is their hope.

17. The souls of those who fear the Lordare favored.

18. To whom do they look?And who is their support?

19. The Lord’s eyesare upon those who love him.The Lord is a powerful shield,a strong support,a shelter from the heat,a shade from the midday sun,a guard against stumbling,and a help against falling;

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