Sirach 40:12-18 World English Bible (WEB)

12. All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out; And good faith shall stand for ever.

13. The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, And like a great thunder in rain shall go off in noise.

14. In opening his hands a man shall be made glad: So shall transgressors utterly fail.

15. The children of the ungodly shall not put forth many branches; And are as unclean roots upon a sheer rock.

16. The sedge that grows upon every water and bank of a river Shall be plucked up before all grass.

17. Bounty is as a garden of blessings, And almsgiving endures for ever.

18. The life of one that labores, and is contented, shall be made sweet; And he that finds a treasure is above both.

Sirach 40