9 Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays. (WEB)
Sirach 10:9
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Job 13:11–13
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Psalms 30:8–10
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Wisdom of Solomon 2:2–4
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Job 30:18–20
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Job 17:13–15
13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, 14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ 15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Job 3:10–12
10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes. 11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? 12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
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