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Ben Sira 31
Ben Sira 31:6
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Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
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4
The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.
5
He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.
6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
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Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.
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Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
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