Ben Sira 10:5

5 The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.

Ben Sira 10:5 In-Context

3 An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.

4 The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.

5 The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.

6 Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.

7 Pride is hateful before God and men: and ah iniquity of nations is execrable.