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• I have seen many things on my travels, I have understood more than I can put into words. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 11)

• the spirit of those who fear the Lord can survive, for their hope is in someone with power to save them. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 13)

• No one who fears the Lord need ever hesitate, or ever be daunted, since the Lord is his hope. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 14)

• Happy the soul of one who fears the Lord. On whom does he rely? Who supports him? (Ecclesiasticus 34, 15)

• The eyes of the Lord watch over those who love him, he is their powerful protection and their strong support, their screen from the desert wind, their shelter from the midday sun, a guard against stumbling, an assurance against a fall. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 16)

• The Most High takes no pleasure in offerings from the godless, multiplying sacrifices will not gain pardon for sin. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 19)

• Offering sacrifice from the property of the poor is as bad as slaughtering a son before his father's eyes. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 20)

• A meagre diet is the very life of the poor, to deprive them of it is to commit murder. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 21)

• If someone washes after touching a corpse, and then touches it again, what is the good of his washing? (Ecclesiasticus 34, 25)

• Just so with someone who fasts for sin, and then goes and commits it again. Who is going to hear that person's prayer? What is the good of the self-abasement? (Ecclesiasticus 34, 26)

• To abandon wickedness is what pleases the Lord, to give up wrong-doing is an expiatory sacrifice. (Ecclesiasticus 35, 3)

• Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord's presence; for all these things are due under the commandment. (Ecclesiasticus 35, 4)