OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 27:1

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Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away.

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Verse 1. Poverty. Greek “the indifferent thing,” as the Stoics represented money. Calmet. 7:20.—Sinned. Hence proceeds the danger to which little merchants are exposed. Involuntary povery is very miserable. Proverbs 30:9

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