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For the righteous will never be moved;
    they will be remembered forever.(A)

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Surely the righteous will never be shaken;(A)
    they will be remembered(B) forever.

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The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.(A)

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The name of the righteous(A) is used in blessings,[a]
    but the name of the wicked(B) will rot.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

Do not trust in their survival
    or rely on their numbers,[a]
for one can be better than a thousand,
    and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16.3 Other ancient authorities add for you will groan in untimely mourning, and will know of their sudden end
'Sirach 16:3' not found for the version: New International Version.