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I will tell you about ten kinds of people that I feel fortunate to know, especially fortunate in the case of the tenth:
    someone who takes pride in his children,
    someone who lives to see his enemies fall,
    a man fortunate enough to have an understanding wife,
    a married couple who are well-matched,[a]
    a person who never speaks sinfully,
    a person who doesn't have to work for someone less competent than himself,
    someone fortunate enough to have a real friend,[b]
    a person that people are happy to listen to,

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 25:8 Hebrew and one ancient translation a married couple...well-matched; Greek does not have these words.
  2. Sirach 25:9 Some ancient translations real friend; Greek good sense.

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