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Sirach 10:8–9

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8Sovereignty passes from nation to nation

on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.i*

9How can dust and ashes be proud?

Even in life the human body is infested with worms.j*

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Footnotes

  1. iOther ancient authorities add here or after 10.9a: Nothing is more wicked than one who loves money, for such a person puts his own soul up for sale.
  2. jHeb: Meaning of Gk uncertain

Cross references

  1. *Job 12:23; Jer 18:7–10; 27:5–8
  2. *Sir 17:32

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