OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 22:1

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A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled. Everyone will hiss at him in his disgrace.

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Verse 1. Sluggard. Who neglects his own and others’ welfare. Calmet.—Disgrace. He is still despised here, and punished eternally. Matthew 25:30. Worthington.

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