OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 5:1

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Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”

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Verse 1. Unjust. The translator styles riches unjust, because they often proceed from, or tend to injustice. They can afford no protection in death. Psalms 48:17. Lu. 11:19 and 16:9. Calmet.

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