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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Despise not the discourse of them that are ancient and wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and instruction of understanding, and to serve great men without blame.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have learned of their fathers:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "For of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 8:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
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