OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 27:6

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The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart.

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Verse 6. Affliction. Greek “thought,” ( Bible.) or speech. Calmet.—A young man being brought to Socrates, that he might pass judgment on his dispositions, the philosopher ordered him to “speak.” Cic.

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