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Ben Sira 21:5-10 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

5. Prayer from the lips of the poor is heard at once,and justice is quickly granted them.

6. Whoever hates correction walks the sinner’s path,but whoever fears the Lord repents in his heart.

7. Glib speakers are widely known,but when they slip the sensible perceive it.

8. Those who build their houses with someone else’s moneyare like those who collect stones for their funeral mounds.

9. A band of criminals is like a bundle of tow;they will end in a flaming fire.

10. The path of sinners is smooth stones,but its end is the pit of Sheol.

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