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Sirach 41:7-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. For death is no indictment of life.

8. The sons of sinners, and those who pass their time in the manner of the houses of the impious, become sons of abominations.

9. The inheritance of the sons of sinners will perish, and continual disgrace will be with their offspring.

10. The sons of an impious father will complain, for they are in disgrace because of him.

11. Woe to you, impious men, who have abandoned the law of the Most High Lord!

12. And when you are born, you will be born into a curse; and when you die, your portion will be in a curse.

13. All things that are from the earth shall return to the earth. Similarly, the impious will proceed from a curse unto perdition.

14. The grieving of men is in their body, but the name of the impious will be wiped away.

15. Have concern for your good name. For this will continue with you, more so than a thousand precious and great treasures.

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