1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. 3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Job 5:1–3
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Sirach 4:5–7
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Proverbs 1:31–33
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Job 27:7–9
7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. 8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Sirach 9:10–12
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