Verse

Sirach 25:12

Original

¹²The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.

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¹⁰O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord.

¹¹But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination: he that holdeth it, whereto shall he be likened?

— Sirach 25:12 —

¹³Give me any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

¹⁴And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.