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Chapter 19

A drunken workman[a] will never grow rich,
    and carelessness in small matters will lead to one’s ruin.
Wine and women lead intelligent men astray,
    and the man who consorts with prostitutes becomes ever more reckless.
Decay and worms will take possession of him,
    and because of his recklessness he will lose his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 19:1 A drunken workman: Hebrew reads: “The one who does this.”