18 For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength. (WEB)
Sirach 38:18
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Sirach 30:16–18
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Proverbs 18:13–15
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Sirach 30:23–25
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Jeremiah 8:17–19
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Sirach 28:20–22
20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (WEB) 21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. (WEB) 22 It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:31–33
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