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Ben Sira 11
Ben Sira 11:27-32
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Ben Sira 11:27-32
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27
An hour's misery makes one forget past delights, and at the close of one's life one's deeds are revealed.
28
Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.
29
Do not invite everyone into your home, for many are the tricks of the crafty.
30
Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of the proud, and like spies they observe your weakness;
31
for they lie in wait, turning good into evil, and to worthy actions they attach blame.
32
From a spark many coals are kindled, and a sinner lies in wait to shed blood.
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[a].
Heb: Gk [and through his children a person becomes known]
[b].
Heb: Gk [downfall]
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