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25 From the beginning good things were created for the good,
    but for sinners good things and bad.[a]
26 The basic necessities of human life
    are water and fire and iron and salt
and wheat flour and milk and honey,
    the blood of the grape and oil and clothing.
27 All these are good for the godly,
    but for sinners they turn into evils.

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  1. Sirach 39:25 Heb Lat: Gk sinners bad things

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