Sirach 4:3-14
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3 Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
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4 Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
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5 Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
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6 For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
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7 Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
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8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
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9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
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10 Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
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11 Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her.
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12 He that loveth her loveth life; and they that seek to her early shall be filled with joy.
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13 He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless.
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14 They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.