Sirach 41:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁰Whatever comes from earth returns to earth;
so the ungodly go from curse to destruction.

¹¹The human body is a fleeting thing,
but a virtuous name will never be blotted out.^[a]
¹²Have regard for your name, since it will outlive you
longer than a thousand hoards of gold.

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Sirach 41:11 Heb: Gk People grieve over the death of the body, but the bad name of sinners will be blotted out

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