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Sirach 7:22-24
Common English Bible
Sirach 7:22-24
Common English Bible
22 Do you have cattle? Look after them.
If they are useful to you, keep them.
23 Do you have children? Instruct them.
Train them to be obedient[a]
from their youth.
24 Do you have daughters?
Be attentive to their chastity,[b]
and don’t be too cheerful with them.[c]
Footnotes
- Sirach 7:23 LXX Bend their necks
- Sirach 7:24 LXX body
- Sirach 7:24 LXX Don’t brighten your face toward them.
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