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10 A long illness puzzles the doctor.[a] Even a king may be alive today and dead tomorrow. 11 When a person dies, all he then possesses is worms, flies, and maggots.

12 Pride has its beginning when a person abandons the Lord, his maker.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 10:10 A long...doctor; this sentence in both Greek and Hebrew is unclear.

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