Sirach 10:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ For when a man is dead,
    he will inherit creeping things, and wild beasts, and worms.
¹² The beginning of man’s pride is to depart from the Lord;
    his heart has forsaken his Maker.
¹³ For the beginning of pride is sin,
    and the man who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brought upon them extraordinary afflictions,
    and destroyed them utterly.