OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 18:22

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Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released.

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Verse 22. Always. These admirable maxims seem copied from the gospel. Lu. 18:1. Calmet.—The same spirit dictated all the Scriptures. Bible.—Those pray always who neglect not this duty at proper times, and are always resolved to do so. Saint Augustine ep. 121. q. ad Prob. Worthington.—Greek “be not hindered from performing thy vow in good time, and wait not to be justified, ( Bible.) or to put it in execution till death. Deuteronomy 23:21. Before thou takest a vow,” and so forth Examine well if thou intend to perform it. Calmet.

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