Sirach 39:23–30

²³As he hath turned the waters into saltness:

So shall the heathen inherit his wrath.

²⁴As ^bhis ways are plain unto the holy;

So are they stumblingblocks unto the wicked.

²⁵For the good are good things created from the beginning:

^cSo evil things for sinners.

^26dThe principal things for the whole use of man’s life

Are ^dwater, fire, iron, and salt,

^dFlour of wheat, honey, milk,

And ^ethe blood of the grape, and oil, and ^dclothing.

^27fAll these things are for good to the godly:

So to the sinners they are turned into evil.

²⁸There be spirits that are created for vengeance,

Which in their fury lay on sore strokes;

In the time of destruction they pour out their force,

And appease the wrath of him that made them.

^29kFire, and ^khail, and ^gfamine, and ^gdeath,

All these were created for vengeance;

^30hTeeth of ⁱwild beasts, and ⁱscorpions, ⁱserpents,

And ^gthe sword, punishing the wicked to destruction.