OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 27:28

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Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant. Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion.

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Verse 28. Wound. Greek “deal wounds. He,” and so forth Bible.—Traitors, in the dark, often wound their fellows, ( Calmet.) or themselves. Menochius.

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