Sirach 25:1-3

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Those Who Are Worthy of Praise

25 My soul takes pleasure in three things,
    and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men;^[a]
agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors,
    and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.
²My soul hates three kinds of men,
    and I am greatly offended at their life:
a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar,
    and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.

³You have gathered nothing in your youth;
how then can you find anything in your old age?

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Sirach 25:1 Syr Vg: Gk In three things I was beautiful and I stood in beauty before the Lord and men

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