Sirach 21:3-4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword;
there is no healing for the wound it inflicts.
4 Panic and insolence will waste away riches;
thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 21:4 Other ancient authorities read uprooted
Sirach 21:9-10
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 An assembly of the wicked is like a bundle of tow,
and their end is a blazing fire.
10 The way of sinners is paved with smooth stones,
but at its end is the pit of Hades.
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