Holy Scripture
Sirach 44:9
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“The godless and sinners were not worthy of memory, because if the Scripture says something of them, it does so not to praise them but to blame. In the psalm it is written of them, "The fortresses of the enemy have been pulled down forever, the memory of the city you destroyed has disappeared. Their memory has disappea…”
Source: Septuagint
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9And some there be, which have no memorial; Who are perished, as though they had never been; And are become as though they had never been born; And their children after them.
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7All these were honored in their generations, And were the glory of their times.
8There be of them that have left a name behind them, That their praises might be reported.
— Sirach 44:9 —
10But these were merciful men, Whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.
11With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, And their children are within the covenant.