OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 20:2

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How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm.

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Verse 2. Maiden. Or “woman,” ( Bible.) who has been entrusted to his care. Menochius.—Such people are not free from concupiscence, which must be restrained by the virtue of chastity. Saint Augustine c. Jul. vi. 14.

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