1The senseless have vain and false hopes,
and dreams give wings to fools.
2 know many things,
and those with much experience know what they are talking about.
10The inexperienced know few things,
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22the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
23 1 Sam 15.22; Isa 1.11–13 The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly,
nor for a multitude of sacrifices does he forgive sins.
24 2 Sam 12.3, 4 Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes
is the person who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
25The bread of the needy is the life of the poor;
whoever deprives them of it is a murderer.
26 Sir 4.1 To take away a neighbor’s living is to commit murder;
27 Lev 19.13; Tob 4.14; Sir 7.20 to deprive an employee of wages is to shed blood.
28When one builds and another tears down,
what do they gain but hard work?
29When one prays and another curses,
to whose voice will the Lord listen?
30 Num 19.11, 12 If one washes after touching a corpse and touches it again,
what has been gained by washing?
31 Isa 58.3; 2 Pet 2.21 So if one fasts for his sins
and goes again and does the same things,
who will listen to his prayer?
And what has he gained by humbling himself?
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