OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 21:3

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All iniquity is as a two-edged sword. Its stroke has no healing.

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Verse 3. Lion. Yet only those are hurt, who consent to sin. The devil may go round about, (1 Peter 5:8) and tempt; ( Calmet.) he cannot bit, except a man willingly expose himself, and come near. verse 2.

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