New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ben Sira 40:12-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

12. All that comes from bribes or injustice will be wiped out,but loyalty remains forever.

13. Wealth from injustice is like a flooding wadi,like a mighty stream with lightning and thunder,

14. Which, in its rising, rolls along the stones,but suddenly, once and for all, comes to an end.

15. The offshoot of violence will not flourish,for the root of the godless is on sheer rock.

16. They are like reeds on riverbanks,withered before all other plants;