OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 25:16

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I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman.

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Verse 16. It. This is not in the edit. of Rome, or of Aldus: but it is in the rest. Fear commonly begins the work of salvation, and love perfects it. 1 Timothy 1:5. Calmet.—All happiness in this life is grounded on the fear of God. Worthington.

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