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Sirach 14:13-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

13. Before you die, treat your friends well.According to your ability, reach out, and give to them.

14. Enjoy a good day,and don’t let your shareof a good desire pass you by.

15. Won’t you end up leaving behindto another what you have workedso hard for?Won’t the things you have toiled forend up being divided by lot?

16. Give, take, and distract yourself,because you can’t search for luxuryin the grave.

17. All flesh grows old like a garment;the ancient decree is,"You will certainly die!"

18. Like a budding leaf on a leafy tree,it sheds some and it puts forth others;so is a generation of flesh and blood;one dies, and another is born.

19. All deeds decay and cease,and those who do themwill pass away with them.

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