Ben Sira 14:18

18 Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.

Ben Sira 14:18 In-Context

16 Give, and take, and indulge yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.
17 All living beings become old like a garment, for the decree from of old is, "You must die!"
18 Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.
19 Every work decays and ceases to exist, and the one who made it will pass away with it.
20 Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently,
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