Sirach 34:24

²²He that taketh away his neighbour’s living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.

²³When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?

— Sirach 34:24 —

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?