Sirach 39:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

39 He seeks out the wisdom of all the ancients,
    and is concerned with prophecies;
²he preserves the sayings of the famous
    and penetrates the subtleties of parables;
³he seeks out the hidden meanings of proverbs
    and is at home with the obscurities of parables.

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