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Sirach

noun
1.
An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).  Synonyms: Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach.






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"Sirach" Quotes from Famous Books



... everyone; tempo e galant uomo; but it is as late and slow in arriving as in a court of law, and the secret condition of it is that the recipient shall be no longer alive. The precept of Jesus the son of Sirach is faithfully followed: Judge none blessed before his death.[2] He, then, who has produced immortal works, must find comfort by applying to them the words of the Indian myth, that the minutes of life amongst the immortals seem like years of earthly existence; ...
— The Art of Literature • Arthur Schopenhauer

... and their infliction is our duty. They are not injurious, but beneficial. Solomon says (Prov 13, 24): "He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." And Jesus the son of Sirach says in Ecclesiasticus: "He that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy of ...
— Epistle Sermons, Vol. II - Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost • Martin Luther

... he began to recover himself, "If he is an Israelite, never!" And when at length he was completely recovered—"My first lesson in the synagogue was the Shema; my next was the saying of the son of Sirach, 'Honor thy father with thy whole soul, and forget not the sorrows of ...
— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace

... so remarkable for the vivacity of its descriptions, as well as the solidity and penetration of its sentences, the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach, there is a noble panegyric on the high-priest Simon the son of Onias; and it is a very fine example of the point ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) • Edmund Burke



Words linked to "Sirach" :   Apocrypha, wisdom book, book, wisdom literature, sapiential book



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