OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 19:1

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A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little.

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Verse 1. Little. Small expenses, often repeated, will ruin an estate, ( Bible.) and the neglect of venial sins is of the most dangerous consequence. Calmet.—The best way to avoid great faults, is to guard against small ones. Worthington.

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