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Sirach 40:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sirach 40:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
16 The reeds by any water or river bank
are plucked up before any grass;
17 but kindness is like a garden of blessings,
and almsgiving endures for ever.
The Joys of Life
18 Wealth and wages make life sweet,[a]
but better than either is finding a treasure.
Footnotes
- Sirach 40:18 Heb: Gk Life is sweet for the self-reliant worker
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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