Sirach 3:11
Douay-Rheims
The father’s blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother’s curse rooteth up the foundation.
George Leo Haydock
Foundations. St. Augustine (City of God xxii. 8.) gives a memorable instance. The pagans deemed such curses most terrible. (Orpheus) (Genesis ix. 25.) — They are executed upon the wicked.
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1849 · Ecclesiasticus 3:11
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.