Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach, Part 19 summary
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In On Duties to Neighbors, Family, and God, the speaker teaches fair dealing with friends, relatives, workers, and dependents, alongside gratitude to parents and devotion to God. The teaching connects offerings with practical kindness toward vulnerable people and ends by urging remembrance of death as protection against sin.
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- The speaker warns against withholding debts, choosing gold over family, rejecting a good wife, and mistreating faithful workers.
- Instructions cover livestock, the upbringing of children, the protection and marriage of daughters, and the choice to keep a suitable wife.
- The speaker urges gratitude to parents, wholehearted devotion to God, respect for priests, and the giving of required offerings.
- Generosity extends to poor people, the dead, mourners, and sick people.
- The closing instruction makes awareness of death a safeguard against sin.
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