Sirach 38:20-22

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²⁰Do not give your heart to grief;
    drive it away, and remember your own end.
²¹Do not forget, there is no coming back;
    you do the dead^[a] no good, and you injure yourself.
²²Remember his^[b] fate, for yours is like it;
    yesterday it was his,^[c] and today it is yours.

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Footnotes

Sirach 38:21 Gk him
Sirach 38:22 Heb: Gk my
Sirach 38:22 Heb: Gk mine

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