Sirach 39:26-28

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²⁶Basic to all the needs of man’s 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.
²⁷All these are for good to the godly,
    just as they turn into evils for sinners.

²⁸There are winds that have been created for vengeance,
and in their anger they scourge heavily;
in the time of consummation they will pour out their strength
and calm the anger of their Maker.

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