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Ecclesiasticus 23:20-25 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

20. The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.

21. Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.

22. A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.

23. And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.

24. To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.

25. Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?

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