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Ben Sira 7:24-28 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

24. Do you have daughters? Keep them chaste,and do not be indulgent to them.

25. Give your daughter in marriage, and a worry comes to an end;but give her to a sensible man.

26. Do you have a wife? Do not mistreat her,but do not trust the wife you hate.

27. With your whole heart honor your father;your mother’s birth pangs do not forget.

28. Remember, of these parents you were born;what can you give them for all they gave you?

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