OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 38:9

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My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.

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Verse 9. Thee. We must neither trust too much in physicians, (2 Chronicles 16:12) nor despise them, as this would be tempting God.

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