Holy Scripture

Sirach 24:17

A church father on this verse
“We have spoken of the fruits of Holy Scripture. It is to these fruits that Holy Wisdom invites us. "I bud forth delights like the vine, My blossoms become fruit fair and rich. Come to Me, all you that yearn for Me, and be filled with My fruits." If we want to come over, we must be the sons of Israel who passed over fr…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 19

Source: Septuagint

Original

17As the vine brought I forth pleasant savor, And my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches.

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In context

15I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, And I yielded a pleasant odor like the best myrrh, As galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, And as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.

16As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, And my branches are the branches of honor and grace.

— Sirach 24:17 —

19Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, And fill yourselves with my fruits.

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