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Ben Sira 11:27-30 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

27. A time of affliction brings forgetfulness of past delights;at the end of life one’s deeds are revealed.

28. Call none happy before death,for how they end, they are known.

29. Not everyone should be brought into your house,for many are the snares of the crafty.

30. Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of the proud,and like a spy they will pick out the weak spots.

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