5 A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand. He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe. (WEB) 6 Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong. Do nothing by works of violence. (WEB) 7 Pride is hateful before the Lord and men. Arrogance is abhorrent in the judgment of both. (WEB) 8 Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money. (WEB) 9 Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays. (WEB) 10 A long disease mocks the physician. The king of today will die tomorrow. (WEB) 11 For when a man is dead, he will inherit maggots, vermin, and worms. (WEB) 12 It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord. His heart has departed from him who made him. (WEB) 13 For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them. (WEB) 14 The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place. (WEB) 15 The Lord plucked up the roots of nations and planted the lowly in their place. (WEB) 16 The Lord overthrew the lands of nations and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth. (WEB)
Sirach 10:5–16
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