12 Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place. (WEB) 13 As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give to them according to his judgment. (WEB) 14 Good is the opposite of evil, and life is the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly. (WEB)
Sirach 33:12–14
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