OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 4:25

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25

Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.

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Verse 25. Sin. Thus to refuse asking for what is necessary to support life, would be criminal.—Grace. When we refrain from doing things truly shameful. Calmet. 41. Calmet.—To abhor sin is glorious; but to yield to it, through shamefacedness, or not to reprove it, is vicious. Worthington.

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