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SIR 5:1  Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.

SIR 5:2  Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:

SIR 5:3  And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.

SIR 5:4  Say not: I have sinned, and whet harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.

SIR 5:5  Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:

SIR 5:6  And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.

SIR 5:7  For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

SIR 5:8  Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

SIR 5:9  For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

SIR 5:10  Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

SIR 5:11  Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.

SIR 5:12  Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.

SIR 5:13  Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.

SIR 5:14  If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskilful word, and be confounded.

SIR 5:15  Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.

SIR 5:16  Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.

SIR 5:17  For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.


Sirach

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