Sirach 31:24

²²He that taketh away his neighbor’s living slayeth him; And he that defraudeth the laborer his hire is a bloodshedder.

²³When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, What profit have they then but labor?

— Sirach 31:24 —

²⁵He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, What availeth his washing?

²⁶So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, And goeth again, and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?