The Sinner’s End

Anyone who hates reproof walks in the footsteps of a sinner, and those who fear the Lord will turn back to him from the heart. Those who are powerful in speech are widely known, but those who are thoughtful know when they slip. Those who build their houses with another person’s money are like those who gather stones for their own burial mound.  A gathering of lawless people is the same as bundled flax; their end is a flaming fire.  The path of sinners is made level with stones, but its end is the pit of hell. (Sir. 21:6-10)