Sirach 25:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Those Who Are Worthy of Praise

25 I take pleasure in three things,
    and they are beautiful in the sight of God and of mortals:^[a]
agreement among brothers and sisters, friendship among neighbours,
    and a wife and husband who live in harmony.
²I hate three kinds of people,
    and I loathe their manner of life:
a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies,
    and an old fool who commits adultery.

³If you gathered nothing in your youth,
how can you find anything in your old age?

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Sirach 25:1 Syr Lat: Gk In three things I was beautiful and I stood in beauty before the Lord and mortals.

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