OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 35:14

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He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless or the widow, when she pours out her tale.

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Verse 14. Wicked; defective. Leviticus 22:21. Malachi 1:7. Greek “curtailed, or ill-acquired,” ( Calmet.) or “do not bribe” God; (δοροκοπει. Grot.) as the word is used 2 Mac. God will not regard our gifts, to let our offences escape punishment. Isaiah 42:1. Calmet.

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