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People Who Deserve Praise

25 There are three things in which I take special delight—things that are beautiful to the Lord and people alike:[a]
    brothers who get along with each other,
        neighbors who are friends,
            and a married couple who are happy together.

There are three kinds of people I cannot stand, whose behavior I find highly offensive:
    poor people who are arrogant,
        rich people who lie,
            and foolish old men who commit adultery.

Unless you learn what you can while you are young, you will never be wise when you reach old age.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 25:1 Some ancient translations There are...alike; Greek I was made beautiful in three ways and I stood before the Lord and people in beauty.

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