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19 A drunken worker[a]
won’t become rich,
    and whoever neglects the little things
    will fail little by little.
Wine and women
will mislead an intelligent person,
    and the one who has sex with prostitutes will become more reckless.
Decay and worms will possess him,
    and his reckless soul will be carried away.

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  1. Sirach 19:1 Heb Whoever does this

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