OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 36:20

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A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.

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Verse 20. Another. Thus act discreetly in the pursuit of knowledge. The good may be distinguished from bad, as easily as venison can from other meats. Calmet.—As there is a difference of meats, so must discretion be used in words, in the choice of a wife, and so forth Worthington.

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