Ben Sira 10:8

8 Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.

Ben Sira 10:8 In-Context

6 Do not get angry with your neighbor for every injury, and do not resort to acts of insolence.

7 Arrogance is hateful to the Lord and to mortals, and injustice is outrageous to both.

8 Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.

9 How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body decays.

10 A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities add here or after verse 9a, [Nothing is more wicked than one who loves money, for such a person puts his own soul up for sale.]