Sirach 9:11
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Don’t envy the good reputation of sinners, since you don’t know how sudden their end will be.
Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
Don't be jealous of a sinner's success; you don't know what kind of disaster is in store for him.
Do not envy the wicked for you do not know when their day will come.
Do not envy the success of a sinner, for you can never be sure what his end will be.
Do not envy the success of sinners, for you do not know what their end will be like.
Do not envy the success of sinners, for you do not know what their end will be like.
Do not envy the success of sinners, for you do not know what their end will be like.
Do not envy the notoriety of sinners, for you do not know what their end will be like.
Do not envy the honors of a sinner, for you do not know what his end will be.
Do not envy the honors of a sinner, for you do not know what his end will be.
Covet thou not the glory and riches of a sinner; for thou knowest not, what destroying of him shall come. [Love thou not the glory and riches of the sinner; forsooth thou knowest not, what be to come (of) the turning upside-down of him.]
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