Monday 16 September 2013

Keep close watch on a daughter who does not turn away from evil (Sirach 26:13 in the Vulgate)

“Keep close watch on a daughter who does not turn away from evil, lest she find the opportunity to do herself harm.”

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If Jane Austen’s Mr. Bennett had heeded this verse, he might have spared himself and his family many pains. Perhaps the English oughtn’t to have dropped Sirach from the Bible!

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