OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 6:17

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He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is his neighbor also.

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Verse 17. Be. He will instill into his friend sentiments of piety, if he have them not before. Amicitia similes invenit aut facit. “Pythagoras desires that in friendship one should be formed of many.” Cic. verse 11. Bible.

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