Sirach 7:22-30
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22 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
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23 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
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24 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.
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25 Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
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26 Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.
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27 Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
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28 Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
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29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
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30 Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.