26 Those who sit on the mountain of Samaria, the Philistines, and the foolish people who live in Shechem. (WEB) 27 I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom. (WEB) 28 Blessed is he who will exercise these things. He who lays them up in his heart will become wise. (WEB)
Sirach 50:26–28
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