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Sirach 22:2
Original
2A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
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1A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
— Sirach 22:2 —
3An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
4A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father’s heaviness.