Sirach 7:15-17

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¹⁵Do not hate hard labour
    or farm work, which was created by the Most High.
¹⁶Do not enrol in the ranks of sinners;
    remember that retribution does not delay.
¹⁷Humble yourself to the utmost,
    for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.^[a]

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Sirach 7:17 Heb for the expectation of mortals is worms

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