Ben Sira 39:25

25 From the beginning good things were created for the good, but for sinners good things and bad.

Ben Sira 39:25 In-Context

23 But his wrath drives out the nations, as when he turned a watered land into salt.
24 To the faithful his ways are straight, but full of pitfalls for the wicked.
25 From the beginning good things were created for the good, but for sinners good things and bad.
26 The basic necessities of human life are water and fire and iron and salt and wheat flour and milk and honey, the blood of the grape and oil and clothing.
27 All these are good for the godly, but for sinners they turn into evils.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Heb Lat: Gk [sinners bad things]
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