Sirach 11:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ There is a man who is rich through his diligence and self-denial,
    and this is the reward allotted to him:
¹⁹ when he says, “I have found rest,
    and now I shall enjoy^[a] my goods!”
he does not know how much time will pass
    until he leaves them to others and dies.
²⁰ Stand by your covenant^[b] and attend to it,
    and grow old in your work.