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Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 To build a house with other people’s money
is like gathering stones for one’s own tomb.
9 A band of the wicked is like a bundle of fibers;
it will end in a blazing fire.
10 The path of sinners is smoothly paved,
but it ends in the depths of the netherworld.[a]
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:10 The path of sinners . . . the depths of the netherworld: the author urges people to repent, for in the netherworld, there is no loving contact with God (see Pss 6:6; 30:10; 88:5-11; 115:17-18; Isa 38:18-19; Bar 2:17). It remained for Christ to reveal an eternal retribution (see Mt 7:13f; 25:41-46; Lk 16:19-31).
