Sirach 10:11

11 When people are dead, they inherit maggots, vermin, and worms.

Sirach 10:11 In-Context

9 How can dust and ashes be arrogant? Even when they are alive, human bodies are decaying.

10 A long illness mocks a doctor; today's king will die tomorrow.

11 When people are dead, they inherit maggots, vermin, and worms.

12 Human arrogance begins when people rebel against the Lord, and their hearts rebel against the one who made them.

13 The beginning of arrogance is sin, and those who cling to it will pour out blasphemy. For this reason the Lord brings calamities upon them, and he ruins them completely.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX beasts