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• The merchant can barely avoid greed; the shopkeeper cannot remain sinless. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 29)

• Many sin for love of gain, he who desires riches silences his conscience. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 1)

• Just as the stake is settled between two stones, so sin wedges itself between buying and selling. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 2)

• The house of him who does not keep himself firmly in the fear of the Lord will soon be knocked to the ground. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 3)

• The kiln tests the potter's handiwork; a man is tested by his conversation. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 5)

• Praise no one before he has spoken, since this is the acid test. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 7)

• If you pursue righteousness, you will achieve it and wear it like a festive garment. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 8)

• Birds associate with their own kind, so, too, does truth greet those who are faithful. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 9)

• The lion lurks in wait for its prey; so, too, does sin lie in wait for those who do wrong. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 10)

• The wise man's conversation follows wisdom all the time. In contrast, the fool changes like the moon. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 11)

• It is like having lost some of your relatives: his friendship to you has died. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 18)

• Like a bird, you have let your friend go, you will not get him back. When you open your hand, the bird flies off; (Ecclesiasticus 27, 19)