Sirach 10:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹     When people are dead,
        they inherit maggots, vermin,^[a]
        and worms.
¹² Human arrogance begins when people rebel against the Lord,
    and their hearts rebel
    against the one who made them.
¹³ The beginning of arrogance is sin,
        and those who cling to it
        will pour out blasphemy.
    For this reason
    the Lord brings calamities upon them,
        and he ruins them completely.