Sirach 17:22
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A person’s acts of charity are like a seal with him, and he will treasure a person’s generosity like the apple of his eye.
Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.
When we give to the poor, the Lord considers it as precious as a valuable ring. Human kindness is as precious to him as life itself.
Human goodness is like a signet ring with God, and virtue he keeps like the apple of his eye.
Almsgiving is like a signet ring to him, and he cherishes kindness like the apple of his eye. [He apportions repentance to his sons and daughters.]
One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
A man’s almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
A man’s almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord, and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
The alms of a man is as a bag [or as a little sack] with him, and it shall keep the grace of a man as the apple of the eye;
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