Chapters 16 and 17 go together. Chapter 16 begins with similar advice we have already heard from Ben Sira: evil bad; wisdom good. But then he takes it a step farther beginning at v24 where he talks about the wisdom found in the created world. This takes us back to Genesis (back to the beginning) where we find that God create everything in good order and found it good. Ben Sira will continue this theme on into tomorrow's reading: chapter 17.
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