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Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:31-32
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31 Is anything brighter than the sun? Yet it is subject to eclipse.
    Thus, flesh and blood devise evil plans.[a]
32 God watches over the hosts of the highest heavens,
    but all men are merely dust and ashes.

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  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 17:31 The author seems to be saying that human beings are unable to understand God’s plans and are bent toward evil.
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