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Sirach 40:28-30
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sirach 40:28-30
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Disgrace of Begging
28 My child, do not lead the life of a beggar;
it is better to die than to beg.
29 When one looks to the table of another,
one’s way of life cannot be considered a life.
One loses self-respect with another person’s food,
but one who is intelligent and well instructed guards against that.
30 In the mouth of the shameless begging is sweet,
but it kindles a fire inside him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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