Sirach 34:31 CPDV

²⁹  When one prays and another curses, whose voice will God heed?

³⁰  He who washes himself after touching the dead, and then touches him again, what was the benefit of his washing?

³¹  Similarly, a man who fasts for his sins, and then does the same again, what was the benefit of his humbling himself? Who will heed his prayer?