Verse 219
When, after a long absence, a man safely returns from afar, his relatives, friends and well-wishers welcome him home on arrival.

Verse 220
As kinsmen welcome a dear one on arrival, even so his own good deeds will welcome the doer of good who has gone from this world to the next.

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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#219