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Sirach 7:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 7:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
15 Do not hate toilsome labor,
or farm work, which were created by the Most High.
16 Do not count yourself among the crowd of sinners;
remember that wrath does not delay.
17 Humble yourself greatly,
for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 7:17 The Hebrew text reads for the expectation of man is worms
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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