OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 6:18

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My son, gather instruction from your youth up. Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.

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Verse 18. Wisdom. A good education will, at last, bring forth fruit, though the passions may choke the good seed for a time. Calmet.—“Take wisdom for the provision on thy journey, from youth to old age.” Bias. Laert. i.

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