OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 39:2

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He will keep the sayings of the men of renown and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables.

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Verse 2. Sayings, or history of Abraham, and so forth—Parables. This was most in vogue. 3 Kennicott. 10.—But mechanics abstained from this study. Calmet. 38:38. Calmet.—To meditate well, 1. knowledge; 2. virtue; 3. humility; and 4. hope, are requisite. Worthington.

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