# Sirach 31:26

**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/31/26
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 31](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/31)
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The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.