Sirach 1:18-26

{1:18} Sanctity will guard and justify the heart, and will bestow happiness and joy.
{1:19} It will be well with him who fears the Lord, and at the consummation of his days, he will be blessed.
{1:20} To fear God is the fullness of wisdom, and it is a fullness from its fruits.
{1:21} She will fill her entire house from her offspring, and storehouses from her treasures.
{1:22} The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, the completion of peace, and the fruit of salvation.
{1:23} And the fear of the Lord has seen and numbered wisdom; but both are gifts of God.
{1:24} Wisdom will distribute knowledge and an understanding of prudence; and she lifts up the glory of those who hold to her.
{1:25} The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and its branches are long-lived.
{1:26} In the treasures of wisdom is understanding and the sanctity of knowledge. But to sinners, wisdom is an abomination.

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