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Sirach 10:9

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Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.

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Verse 9. Man. The desire of plunder, or of glory, occasions revolutions. Bible.—Covetousness is the root of all evils, and causes people to abandon the faith. 1 Timothy 6:10. Worthington.

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Two lines of this verse are here omitted by the best authorities.

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