15 Won’t you leave your labors to another, and your toils be divided by lot? (WEB) 16 Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades. (WEB) 17 All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!” (WEB)
Sirach 14:15–17
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Proverbs 5:8–10
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Sirach 41:3–5
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Psalms 89:46–48
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2 Esdras 7:116–118
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