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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 32,
      "text": "Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:32 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 33,
      "text": "Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:33 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 34,
      "text": "Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:34 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 35,
      "text": "Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:35 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 36,
      "text": "Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 4:36 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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