WisdomSirach 26:28–27:3
Social wrongs and the danger of gain
This wisdom passage names painful wrongs, then warns that profit and buying and selling can become places where sin enters.
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WisdomWisdomSirach 27:4–15
Thought and speech disclose character
Sirach 27:4–15 uses everyday pictures to teach that a person’s inner life shows up in speech and conduct.
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WisdomSirach 27:16–21
Revealing secrets breaks a friendship’s trust
This wisdom passage warns that sharing a person’s secrets can break trust in a way that is hard to repair.
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WisdomSirach 27:22–29
Deceit and malicious delight rebound on their makers
Sirach 27:22–29 warns that deceit, mockery and delight in another person’s fall do not stay hidden or harmless.
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WisdomSirach 27:30–28:7
Release vengeance and forgive your neighbor
This wisdom passage from Sirach, a Catholic additional book, warns against wrath, anger and vengeance.
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WisdomSirach 28:8–12
The mouth can kindle or quench a quarrel
Sirach 28:8–12 shows how anger, haste and speech feed quarrels. Its wisdom sayings compare conflict to fire and show the mouth as able both to inflame a spark and to quench it.
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WisdomSirach 28:13–26
Slander wounds communities and requires a guarded mouth
Sirach 28:13–26 warns that slander is not a minor fault. This wisdom passage describes how destructive words disturb peace, wound deeply, and call for careful restraint in speech.
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WisdomSirach 29:1–13
Lend faithfully and keep generosity alive despite fraud
Sirach 29:1–13 teaches about lending, repayment, fraud and almsgiving. The passage is realistic about the trouble loans can bring, yet it still urges patient generosity, especially toward a person in need.
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WisdomSirach 29:14–20
Guarantee a neighbor carefully and honor a guarantor
Sirach 29:14–20 gives practical wisdom about standing with a neighbour in a costly way. It honours generous help, yet it also warns that this kind of support can bring loss, trouble and serious danger.
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WisdomSirach 29:21–28
A modest home is better than humiliating dependence
Sirach 29:21–28 values basic necessities and warns about the pain of depending on other people for a place to stay.
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WisdomSirach 30:1–13
The teacher advocates strict training of a son
Sirach 30:1–13 is a wisdom passage from the Catholic additional books that speaks very strongly about training a son.
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WisdomSirach 30:14–25
Health and gladness outweigh unused riches
Sirach 30:14–25 says health and gladness are worth more than great riches. Through plain contrasts and strong images, it warns that sorrow and harmful attitudes can drain life instead of helping it.
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WisdomSirach 31:1–11
Wealth tests integrity and can destroy rest
Sirach 31:1–11 gives wisdom about money, worry and character. It warns that wealth can disturb rest and lead people into ruin, yet it also honours the rich person who stays blameless and generous.
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WisdomSirach 31:12–24
Eat considerately and host generously
Sirach 31:12–24 gives practical wisdom for shared meals. It warns against greed, teaches care for other people at the table, praises moderation, and contrasts generous sharing with stinginess.
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WisdomSirach 31:25–31
Wine requires moderation and restraint toward companions
Sirach 31:25–31 offers practical wisdom about wine, self-control and conduct at shared meals.
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WisdomSirach 32:1–13
Serve a feast well and know when to speak or depart
Sirach 32:1–13 gives practical wisdom for shared meals, music and conversation. It teaches how a host, an older speaker and a younger person can act with care, self-control and gratitude instead of pride.
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WisdomSirach 32:14–33:6
Trust the law, seek counsel, and prepare your words
This wisdom passage teaches a careful way to live: fear the Lord, receive correction, seek counsel, watch your steps, and prepare your words.
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WisdomSirach 33:7–15
God distinguishes days and human destinies
This wisdom passage asks why days differ from each other and then applies the same idea to human lives.
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WisdomSirach 33:16–19
A late gleaner offers instruction to the community
In this short wisdom passage from Sirach, the speaker uses harvest pictures to describe late but fruitful work.
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WisdomSirach 33:20–24
Retain stewardship of property during life
Sirach 33:20–24, in the Catholic additional books, gives brief wisdom about property, personal control, family dependence and inheritance.
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WisdomSirach 33:25–33
The teacher prescribes labor and limits within slavery
Sirach 33:25–33 is a wisdom passage from the Catholic additional books that speaks about labour, discipline, limits, and the treatment of slaves.
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WisdomSirach 34:1–8
Do not place empty hope in dreams and divination
Sirach 34:1–8 warns against trusting dreams, divination, and false signs. This wisdom passage compares such hope to chasing shadows and wind, and it directs attention instead to what is faithful and true.
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WisdomSirach 34:9–17
Experience instructs and reverence gives protection
Sirach 34:9–17 connects learning from experience with trusting the Lord. The speaker values instruction, travel, and tested understanding, then describes the safety and support found by those who fear the Lord.
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WisdomSirach 34:18–26
Stolen offerings and unchanged conduct defeat worship
Sirach 34:18–26 warns that worship cannot be separated from everyday conduct. The passage says stolen goods, unpaid wages, and repeated wrongdoing make sacrifices, prayer, fasting, and cleansing empty rather than pleasing to the Lord.
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