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Ecclesiasticus 4:1-6 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. SON, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.

2. Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the Boor in his want.

3. Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to give to him that is in distress.

4. Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.

5. Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.

6. For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.

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