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Ecclesiasticus 4 — Chapter 4

Ecclesiasticus · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph

1My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.

2Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.

3Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.

4Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away your face from a poor man.

5Turn not away your eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse you:

6For if he curse you in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.

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