Sirach 14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Sirach 14

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and in the end they reveal their meanness.

8 of Hades has not been shown to you.

13Do good to friends before you die,

and reach out and give to them as much as you can.

14 from of old is, “You must die!”

18 wisdom

and who reason intelligently,

21 Wis 6.12; Sir 4.18 who reflect in their hearts on her ways

and ponder her secrets,

22pursuing her like a hunter

and lying in wait on her paths;

23 Prov 8.34 who peer through her windows

and listen at her doors;

24who camp near her house

and fasten their tent pegs to her walls;

25who pitch their tents near her

and so occupy an excellent lodging place;

26who place their children under her shelter

and lodge under her boughs;

27 Wis 10.17 who are sheltered by her from the heat

and dwell in the midst of her glory.