Sirach 39:25-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 From the beginning good things were created for the good
but for sinners good things and bad.[a](A)
26 The basic necessities of human life
are water and fire and iron and salt
and wheat flour and milk and honey,
the blood of the grape and oil and clothing.(B)
27 All these are good for the godly,
but for sinners they turn into evils.(C)
28 “There are winds created for vengeance,
and in their anger they can dislodge mountains;[b]
on the day of reckoning they will pour out their strength
and calm the anger of their Maker.(D)
29 Fire and hail and famine and pestilence—
all these have been created for vengeance;(E)
30 the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers
and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.(F)
31 They take delight in doing his bidding,
always ready for his service on earth,
and when their time comes they never disobey his command.”(G)
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