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    "content": "Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 3 — 34 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3 (Douay-Rheims)",
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    {
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy eyes those things that are hid.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 32,
      "text": "A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:32 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 33,
      "text": "Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:33 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 34,
      "text": "And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 3:34 (Douay-Rheims)"
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