OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 6:30

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30

For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are a purple cord.

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Verse 30. Firm. Lit. “bases of virtue;” ( Bible.) which is not in Greek and rather embarrasses the sentence; ( Calmet.) though it may signify, that if we serve the Lord with fidelity, our building will never be overturned. Bible.

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