OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 12:11

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Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.

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Verse 11. Of him. Greek adds, “and thou shalt be to him as one who has rubbed a mirror, (of brass from the rust. It returns perpetually. Calmet.) and shalt know that the rust is not removed for ever. Grabe. Bible.

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