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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 4:9-12 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

9. Protect people from those who want to wrong them, and be firm in your judgements.

10. Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.

11. Wisdom takes care of those who look for her; she raises them to greatness.

12. Loving her is loving life itself; rising early to look for her is pure joy.

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