Sirach 40:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶The reeds by any water or river bank
are plucked up before any grass;
¹⁷but kindness is like a garden of blessings,
and almsgiving endures for ever.

The Joys of Life

¹⁸Wealth and wages make life sweet,^[a]
but better than either is finding a treasure.

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Footnotes

Sirach 40:18 Heb: Gk Life is sweet for the self-reliant worker

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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