Sirach 21:3-4

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³All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword;
there is no healing for the wound it inflicts.

⁴Panic and insolence will waste away riches;
thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.^[a]

Footnotes

Sirach 21:4 Other ancient authorities read uprooted

Sirach 21:9-10

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⁹An assembly of the wicked is like a bundle of tow,
and their end is a blazing fire.
¹⁰The way of sinners is paved with smooth stones,
but at its end is the pit of Hades.

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