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Today's Readings
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Tuesday, 30th April 2024 --- 22 Baramoudah 1740
Sirach 1 : 20 - 2 : 15
Chapter 1
| 20 | To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.
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| 21 | She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.
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| 22 | The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:
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| 23 | And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God.
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| 24 | Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her.
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| 25 | The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived.
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| 26 | In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination.
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| 27 | The fear of the Lord driveth out sin:
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| 28 | For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin.
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| 29 | A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him.
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| 30 | A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
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| 31 | In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline:
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| 32 | But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner.
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| 33 | Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee.
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| 34 | For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him,
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| 35 | Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures.
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| 36 | Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart.
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| 37 | Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee.
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| 38 | Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul,
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| 39 | And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation.
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| 40 | Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit.
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Chapter 2
| 1 | Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
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| 2 | Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
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| 3 | Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
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| 4 | Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
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| 5 | For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
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| 6 | Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
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| 7 | Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.
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| 8 | Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.
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| 9 | Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.
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| 10 | Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.
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| 11 | My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.
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| 12 | For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?
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| 13 | For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.
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| 14 | Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.
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| 15 | Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.
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Acknowledgement
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