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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Give and take, and justify thy soul.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent high unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 14:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
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