Sirach 41:3-14
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3 Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before thee, and that come after; for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.
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4 And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.
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5 The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
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6 The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.
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7 The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.
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8 Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:
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9 And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.
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10 All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.
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11 The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
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12 Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
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13 A good life hath but few days: but a good name endureth for ever.
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14 My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?