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Sirach 8:1–9; Sirach 8:10–19
Sirach 8:1–9 gives brief warnings about restraint in conflict and careful respect for others. It then turns to the value of listening to wise and older people so a learner gains practical help for life. This lesson also brings together Avoid risky disputes, obligations, and disclosures.
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Sirach 9:1–9; Sirach 9:10–18
Sirach 9:1–9 gives a chain of warnings about jealousy and illicit desire. In short commands, it urges careful choices about relationships, where to look, where to go, and with whom to spend time. This lesson also brings together Choose wise companions and weigh public speech.
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Sirach 10:1–5; Sirach 10:6–18; Sirach 10:19–25
Sirach 10:1–5 teaches that leadership matters greatly. This wisdom passage links good rule with understanding, warns about undisciplined rulers, and places human government under the Lord’s authority. This lesson also brings together Pride falls before mortality and divine reversal, Reverence matters more than rank or wealth.
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Sirach 11:7–9; Sirach 11:10–19; Sirach 11:20–28; Sirach 11:29–34
These sayings in Sirach teach careful listening, patient understanding, and wise restraint. They warn against fast judgments, quick answers, and joining in matters where we should not take part. This lesson also brings together Labor and accumulated wealth do not secure the future, Remain faithful and judge a life by its end, Beware a destructive guest.
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Sirach 12:1–7; Sirach 12:8–18
Sirach 12:1–7 is wisdom about giving with care. The teacher does not praise thoughtless aid, but tells the reader to consider whom they are helping and what their help may support. This lesson also brings together An enemy’s friendliness may conceal betrayal.
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Sirach 13:1–14; Sirach 13:15–24
Sirach 13:1–13 warns readers to be cautious around proud, rich, and mighty people. Through sharp comparisons and direct advice, this wisdom passage shows how unequal power can expose a weaker person to harm. This lesson also brings together Wealth distorts solidarity and public judgment.
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Sirach 14:3–19
Sirach 14:3–19 warns against clinging tightly to possessions. It contrasts the misery of the miser with the wise use of what a person has, especially while life is still available.
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Sirach 15:11–20
Sirach 15:11–20 answers a serious excuse: blaming God for sin. This wisdom passage says God does not cause what he hates, and it calls readers to take responsibility for their choices.
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Sirach 16:17–23
This wisdom passage warns against thinking anyone is too small or too hidden for the Lord to notice. It contrasts human smallness with God’s vast creation, power and ways that people cannot fully understand.
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Sirach 17:15–23; Sirach 17:24–32
This wisdom passage says that God fully sees human conduct. It also says he especially remembers kindness, and that he will repay people afterwards. The verses speak carefully about both sin and mercy-shaped deeds. This lesson also brings together Return to God while life remains.
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Sirach 18:1–14; Sirach 18:15–18; Sirach 18:19–29
Sirach 18:1–14 sets God’s greatness beside the shortness of human life. It moves from what cannot be measured about the Lord to why his patience, mercy, correction and forgiveness matter for people. This lesson also brings together Let gracious words accompany gifts, Prepare, examine yourself, and remember reversals.
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Sirach 19:4–12; Sirach 19:20–30
Sirach 19:4–12 warns against quick trust, delight in wrong, and especially repeating what we hear. This wisdom passage teaches careful speech, showing that gossip harms both the speaker and relationships. This lesson also brings together Wisdom is obedience, not manipulative cleverness.
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Sirach 20:1–8; Sirach 20:9–17; Sirach 20:18–26; Sirach 20:27–32
Sirach 20:1–8 teaches that correction, silence, speech and authority all depend on timing and self-control. The passage does not praise silence in every case or speaking in every case. Instead, it weighs when words are fitting and when they become harmful. This lesson also brings together Apparent gains and foolish gifts may become losses, Careless speech, false shame, and lies bring disgrace, Use wisdom openly without letting gifts silence judgment.
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Sirach 21:1–10; Sirach 21:11–21; Sirach 21:22–28
Sirach 21:1–10 gives wise instruction in short sayings. It urges a person to stop sinning, ask forgiveness, accept reproof and notice where the path of wrongdoing leads. This lesson also brings together Wisdom welcomes the discipline that fools reject, Prudence restrains intrusion and reckless words.
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Sirach 22:1–6; Sirach 22:7–15; Sirach 22:16–18; Sirach 22:19–26
Sirach 22:1–6 uses sharp comparisons to warn about laziness, lack of discipline, shameful behaviour and badly timed speech. These sayings are brief, but they press the reader to notice how conduct affects reputation, family life and wise correction. This lesson also brings together The unteachable fool is a lasting burden, Well-considered counsel steadies the heart, Preserve friendship through conflict and adversity.
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Sirach 23:7–15; Sirach 23:16–28
Sirach 23:7–15 teaches that speech needs discipline. This wisdom passage warns that lips can trap a person through insults, oaths, rude speech and abusive habits that become hard to change. This lesson also brings together Secret adultery remains exposed to God.
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Sirach 24:1–22; Sirach 24:23–29; Sirach 24:30–34
In this passage from Sirach, Wisdom speaks for herself. She tells where she comes from, where the Creator placed her, and why those who desire her should come and listen. This lesson also brings together The covenant’s law overflows with inexhaustible wisdom, The teacher’s small channel becomes a river of instruction.
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Sirach 25:1–6; Sirach 25:7–12; Sirach 25:13–26
Sirach 25:1–6 presents a short set of wise sayings about harmony, character and ageing. The passage praises relationships marked by agreement and honours the kind of wisdom that should grow with years. This lesson also brings together Many blessings culminate in reverence for God, The teacher’s severe warning about a harmful wife.
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Sirach 26:1–4; Sirach 26:5–12
Sirach 26:1–4 gives short wisdom sayings about the blessing of a good wife, the joy of faithfulness, and the value of a good heart. These verses speak in compact lines that connect goodness with gladness and peace. This lesson also brings together The teacher fears public shame and household sexual disorder.
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Sirach 27:4–15; Sirach 27:16–21; Sirach 27:22–29
Sirach 27:4–15 uses everyday pictures to teach that a person’s inner life shows up in speech and conduct. The passage urges careful listening, steady righteousness and wise choices about whose company to keep. This lesson also brings together Revealing secrets breaks a friendship’s trust, Deceit and malicious delight rebound on their makers.
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Sirach 28:8–12; Sirach 28:13–26
Sirach 28:8–12 teaches that quarrels do not grow by accident. This wisdom passage shows how anger, haste and speech can feed conflict, and it also shows that a person’s words can help stop it. This lesson also brings together Slander wounds communities and requires a guarded mouth.
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Sirach 29:1–13; Sirach 29:14–20; Sirach 29:21–28
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. This lesson also brings together Guarantee a neighbor carefully and honor a guarantor, A modest home is better than humiliating dependence.
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Sirach 30:1–13; Sirach 30:14–25
Sirach 30:1–13 is a wisdom passage that speaks very strongly about training a son. In short sayings, it connects correction with future joy, and indulgence with grief and trouble. This lesson also brings together Health and gladness outweigh unused riches.
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Sirach 31:1–11; Sirach 31:12–24; Sirach 31:25–31
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. This lesson also brings together Eat considerately and host generously, Wine requires moderation and restraint toward companions.
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