OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 18:23

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Before you make a vow, prepare yourself. Don’t be like a man who tests the Lord.

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Verse 23. God. Can we expect that he will hear what we do not ourselves? To approach his majesty, without repentance and attention, is presumptuous. We must ask God to open our lips, and do what lies in us. Trid. Calmet.

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