OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 3:26

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26

A stubborn heart will do badly at the end. He who loves danger will perish in it.

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Verse 26. Suspicion. Greek Comp. “their vain suspicion hath deceived many and their wicked thought has ruined their judgment. Not having the apples of the eye, thou wilt be deprived of light; and being ignorant, do not speak.” The latter sentence is marked by Grabe as wanting in his copy, as it is in the Vat. if we may believe the London edit. ( Bible.) which, however, is not an exact copy, no more than any of the other editions, of that famous MS. Grabe.

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