Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus
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Sirach 4:1
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Deuteronomy 15:7
Sirach 4:4
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Matthew 5:42
Sirach 4:5
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Didache 4:8
Sirach 4:9
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Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.63
Sirach 4:10
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Matthew 5:45
Sirach 4:10
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James 1:27
Sirach 4:10
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John 1:12
Sirach 4:21
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2 Corinthians 13:7
Sirach 4:21
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Proverbs 26:11
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LXX Proverbs 26:11a
Sirach 4:25
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2 Corinthians 13:8
Sirach 4:28
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Athanasius Defense Against the Arians 90
Sirach 4:31
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Barnabas 19:9
Sirach 4:31
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Acts 20:35
Sirach 4:31
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Didache 4:5
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Summary
Date: 195-175 B.C.E.
The book here referred to as Ben Sira is known by a number of names. In Jewish tradition it was called Ben Sira and in early Christian Bibles it is titled Sirach (son of Sira). In the Latin Vulgate it was given the title Ecclesiasticus, or Church Book. The book is very similar to the book of Proverbs and was popular among both Christians and Jews, yet although it stands firmly within the biblical tradition in some ways, it is unusual in others.
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