Sirach 11:13-14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³and raises up their heads
to the amazement of the many.

¹⁴Good things and bad, life and death,
poverty and wealth, come from the Lord.^[a]

Footnotes

Sirach 11:14 Other ancient authorities add as verses 15 and 16, ¹⁵Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of the law come from the Lord; affection and the ways of good works come from him. ¹⁶Error and darkness were created with sinners; evil grows old with those who take pride in malice.

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