1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Sirach 4:1

Son, *defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.

Tobias 4:7.

Alms. Greek, "life," and of what is necessary to support it. Si non pavisti, occidisti. St. Thomas Aquinas (II. 2. q. 32:5.) quoting the offices of St. Ambrose, though the sentence is not to be found there. (Calmet) --- Christians are not master of what is superfluous, no more than those who have the goods of the Church. (St. Chrysostom) (Cornelius a Lapide) --- Turn. Greek, "draw not after thee indigent eyes." (Haydock) --- Make not the poor wait long for relief, 2 Corinthians 9:7., Romans xii 8., and Proverbs 8:28. (Calmet) --- Qui tarde dat, diu noluit. (Seneca, Ben. 1:1.) --- Fames et mora bilem in nasum concitant. (Plaut.)