OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 13:11

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Don’t try to speak with him as an equal, and don’t believe his many words; for he will test you with much talk, and will examine you in a smiling manner.

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Verse 11. Wisdom. Depend not on others’ bounty. Menochius.—When the cause of God is at stake, be firm, like Saint Paul. Calmet.—Pusillanimity in a superior might cause him to neglect his duty. Worthington.

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