http://moralminute.com Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:37:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 http://moralminute.com/sirach-2029-33/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:01:43 +0000 http://moralminute.com/?p=252 {20:29} A wise man will benefit himself by his own words, and a prudent man will please the powerful.
{20:30} Whoever works his land will raise high a stockpile of grain. And whoever works justice will himself be raised high. Yet truly, whoever pleases the powerful will escape unfair treatment.
{20:31} Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and silence their mouths, turning them aside from their task of correction.
{20:32} Wisdom hidden, and treasure unseen: of what use is either of these?
{20:33} He who hides his foolishness is better than a man who conceals his wisdom.

]]>