Sirach 10:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations,
    and destroys them to the foundations of the earth.
¹⁷ He removes some of them and destroys them,
    and erases the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁸ Pride was not created for human beings,
    or violent anger for those born of women.