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14 As evil contrasts with good, and death with life,
    so are sinners in contrast with the godly.(A)
15 See now all the works of the Most High:
    they come in pairs, one the opposite of the other.

16 Now I am the last to keep vigil,[a]
    like a gleaner following the grape-pickers;

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  1. 33:16–18 Ben Sira refers to himself as the most recent of the biblical writers who have endeavored to present true wisdom to their readers.