Ben Sira 19:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 19
1 Whoever does this grows no richer;
those who waste the little they have will be stripped bare.
2 Wine and women make the heart lustful,
and the companion of prostitutes becomes reckless.(A)
3 Rottenness and worms will possess him,
and the reckless will be snatched away.(B)
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