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Wisdom of Ben Sira 39:26-28
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 39:26-28
New Catholic Bible
26 The basic necessities of human life
are water, fire, iron, salt,
wheat flour, milk, and honey,
the juice of the grape, oil, and clothing.
27 All these are good for those who are good,
but for the wicked they turn out to be bad.
28 “Some winds have been created as means of punishment,
and in their fury they can scourge mightily.[a]
On the day of reckoning they will unleash their violence
and appease the anger of their Maker.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 39:28 Scourge mightily: Hebrew reads: “dislodge mountains.”