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    "content": "Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 13 — 32 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 3,
      "text": "What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 4,
      "text": "The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 5,
      "text": "If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Affect not to speak with him as an equal, and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 32,
      "text": "The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 13:32 (Douay-Rheims)"
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