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Things That Cause Grief[a]

28 Two things cause grief to my heart,
    and a third arouses my anger:
a warrior suffering distress because of poverty,
    wise individuals treated with contempt,
and a man who turns from justice to sin,
    for whom the Lord will get ready the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 26:28 It is doubtless the mediocrity of his contemporaries that the sage deplores.