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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things, yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!
2
O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth and hath lost patience!
3
Fear not the sentence of death; remember them that have been before thee and that come after, for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.
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And why art thou against the pleasure of the Most High? There is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten or a hundred or a thousand years.
5
The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
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The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.
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The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.
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Woe be unto you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God! For if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction;
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and if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse; and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.
10
All that are of the earth shall return to earth again; so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.
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The mourning of men is about their bodies, but an evil name of sinners shall be blotted out.