# Sirach 27:4

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/27/4
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 27](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/27)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach#background-and-history
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As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.