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Ben Sira 10
Ben Sira 10:9
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Ben Sira 10:9
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How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body decays.
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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.
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How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body decays.
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A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.
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For when one is dead he inherits maggots and vermin and worms.
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[a].
Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.