OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 21:5

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5

Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.

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Verse 5. Riches. As they make enemies arise. Greek subjoins, “so the house of the proud shall be made desolate.” Bible.—Roboam lost ten tribes by an insolent answer, and the Tarquins were expelled for their pride.

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