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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 14,
      "text": "If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskilful word, and be confounded.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 15,
      "text": "Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 17,
      "text": "For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 5:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Justify alike the small and the great.",
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