OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 14:4

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He who gathers by denying himself gathers for others. Others will revel in his goods.

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Verse 4. Gathereth. Greek “taketh from his,” and so forth Bible.—Such misers are continually derided, but will never be cured. Eccle. 2:18 and 6:2. An old proverb says, “The miser doth nothing right but when he dies.” Calmet.

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