OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 23:15

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A man who is accustomed to abusive language won’t be corrected all the days of his life.

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Verse 15. Opposite. Or equal. Greek “clothed with death.” He denotes blasphemy, (Leviticus 24:14) or the invitation to idolatry, (Deuteronomy 13:1) or calumny. verse 17. Leviticus 19:12. Calmet.—In oaths God is called to witness, as being unable to deceive. But blasphemy attributes to him or to others what does not belong to them. Worthington.

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