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Sirach 40:28-30
Good News Translation
Sirach 40:28-30
Good News Translation
Begging
28 My child, don't live the life of a beggar; it is better to die than to beg. 29 If you have to depend on someone else for your food, you are not really living your own life. You pollute yourself by accepting food from another. Begging is torture to the soul of any sensitive person.[a] 30 A shameless person can make begging sound sweet, but something inside him burns.
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- Sirach 40:29 Hebrew Begging...person; Greek An intelligent and understanding person will avoid it.
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