Sirach 33:13-15

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¹³As clay in the hand of the potter—
for all his ways are as he pleases—
so men are in the hand of him who made them,
to give them as he decides.

¹⁴Good is the opposite of evil,
    and life the opposite of death;
    so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
¹⁵Look upon all the works of the Most High;
    they likewise are in pairs, one the opposite of the other.

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