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Sirach 7:15-17
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 7:15-17
Revised Standard Version
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 (RSV)
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