Sirach 24:21-34
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21 They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.
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22 He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
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23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.
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24 Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
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25 He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
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26 He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
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27 He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.
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28 The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
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29 For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
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30 I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
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31 I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
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32 I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.
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33 I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.
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34 Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.