Sirach 27:8-10

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Reward and Retribution

⁸If you pursue justice, you will attain it
    and wear it as a glorious robe.
⁹Birds flock with their kind;
    so truth returns to those who practice it.
¹⁰A lion lies in wait for prey;
    so does sin for the workers of iniquity.

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