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15 Do not hate hard labor
    or farm work, which was created by the Most High.
16 Do not enroll in the ranks of sinners;
    remember that retribution does not delay.
17 Humble yourself to the utmost,
    for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.[a]

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  1. Sirach 7:17 Heb for the expectation of mortals is worms

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