OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 41:19

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and of theft in the place where you sojourn. Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant, of leaning on your elbow at dinner, of contemptuous behavior in the matter of giving and taking,

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Verse 19. Have a shame, and so forth That is to say, be ashamed of doing any of these things, which I am now going to mention: for though sometimes shamefacedness is not to be indulged, yet it is often good and necessary; as in the following cases. Challoner.—Disciples ought to esteem what their masters teach, though they do not perceive the reasonableness of what they assert. Worthington.

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