Sirach 11:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸One becomes rich through diligence and self-denial,
    and the reward allotted to him is this:
¹⁹when he says, ‘I have found rest,
    and now I shall feast on my goods!’
he does not know how long it will be
    until he leaves them to others and dies.

²⁰Stand by your agreement and attend to it,
and grow old in your work.

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