OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 21:15

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15

If a man of knowledge hears a wise word, he will commend it and add to it. The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him, so he throws it away behind his back.

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Verse 15. Bitterness. True wisdom promotes the general good.

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