# Sirach 14:9

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/14/9
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 14](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/14)
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A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.