Ben Sira 17:16

16 Every man from his youth is given to evil, neither could they make for themselves fleshy hearts from stony.

Ben Sira 17:16 In-Context

14 And He said unto them, "Beware of all unrighteousness"; and He gave every man commandment concerning his neighbor.

15 Their ways are ever before Him, and shall not be hid from His eyes.

16 Every man from his youth is given to evil, neither could they make for themselves fleshy hearts from stony.

17 For in the division of the nations of the whole earth, He set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord's portion,

18 whom, being His first-born, He nourisheth with discipline, and, giving him the light of His love, doth not forsake him.