OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 51:18

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For I determined to practice her. I was zealous for that which is good. I will never be put to shame.

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Verse 18. When. He now gives some account of himself, and exhorts all to seek for wisdom. Bible.—He was advanced in years, when he fell into the aforesaid danger, after his travels. Calmet. 34:9. Calmet.—Wisdom is most easily acquired, while a person is innocent. Eccle. 12. Worthington.

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