Sirach 14:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁹Every work decays and ceases to exist,
and the one who made it will pass away with it.

The Happiness of Seeking Wisdom

²⁰Happy is the person who meditates on^[a] wisdom
and reasons intelligently,
²¹who^[b] reflects in his heart on her ways
and ponders her secrets,

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Footnotes

Sirach 14:20 Other ancient authorities read dies in
Sirach 14:21 The structure adopted in verses 21–27 follows the Heb

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