Ben Sira 11:18-19
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18 Some become rich through a miser’s life,
and this is their allotted reward:
19 When they say: “I have found rest,(A)
now I will feast on my goods,”
They do not know how long it will be
till they die and leave them to others.[a]
Footnotes
- 11:19 Cf. the parable of the rich man, Lk 12:16–21.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
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15 This too is a grievous evil, that they go just as they came. What then does it profit them to toil for the wind?
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1 Timothy 6:7
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7 For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.(A)
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