Sir 34:1 The senseless have vain and false hopes,
and dreams give wings to fools.
2 As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind,
so is anyone who believes in dreams.
3 What is seen in dreams is but a reflection,
the likeness of a face looking at itself.
4 From an unclean thing what can be clean?
And from something false what can be true?
5 Divinations and omens and dreams are unreal,
and like a woman in labor, the mind has fantasies.
6 Unless they are sent by intervention from the Most High,
pay no attention to them.
7 For dreams have deceived many,
and those who put their hope in them have perished.
8 Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled,
and wisdom is complete in the mouth of the faithful.
18 {21}If one sacrifices ill-gotten goods, the offering is blemished;
{22}the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
19 {23}The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly,
nor for a multitude of sacrifices does he forgive sins.
20 {24}Like one who kills a son before his father's eyes
is the person who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
21 {25}The bread of the needy is the life of the poor;
whoever deprives them of it is a murderer.
22 {26}To take away a neighbor's living is to commit murder; {27}to deprive
an employee of wages is to shed blood.
Web Author: Charles Wohlers
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