Ecclesiasticus 41:12-17 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

12. And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.

13. All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

14. The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

15. Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

16. A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

17. My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

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