OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 51:25

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25

I opened my mouth and spoke, “Get her for yourselves without money.”

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Verse 25. Wrestled. Against pleasure, idleness, and so forth This shews how arduous a task it is to attain wisdom. Calmet.—Confirmed. Greek, “in earnest.”

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