Sirach

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Deuterocanon · questions that cite Sirach.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Has there ever been a just person?

The tension: Ecclesiastes 7:20 flatly denies there is any just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Should we fear God?

The tension: The Torah, prophets, and Wisdom literature relentlessly command fear of YHWH — Deuteronomy 6:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10, Matthew 10:28, and Hebrews…

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