Sirach 33:10–18
10And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust.↗
11In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different.↗
12Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place.↗
13As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give to them according to his judgment.↗
14Good is the opposite of evil, and life is the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.↗
15Look upon all the works of the Most High like this, they come in pairs, one against another.↗
16I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers.↗
17By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them, and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes.↗
18Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction.↗
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