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Wisdom of Ben Sira 41:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 41:12-14
New Catholic Bible
A Good Name Lasts Forever[a]
12 Have regard for your name, for it will outlive you
far longer than a thousand hoards of gold.
13 The days of a good life are numbered,
but a good name lasts forever.
Final Instructions[b]
14 My children, keep my instructions,
and live in peace.
Concealed wisdom and buried treasure—
of what value is either?
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 41:12 For the author who has many questions about reputation and honor, the survival of a name is not something indifferent.
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 41:14 The idea that one has of shame or the concerns of human beings still reveals—as in the maxims that follow—a certain conception of life.
