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Ecclesiasticus
5
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.
Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:
And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me
under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.
Say not: I have sinned, and whet harm hath befallen
me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.
Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not
sin upon sin:
And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will
have mercy on the multitude of my sins.
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath
looketh upon sinners.
Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it
not from day to day.
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time
of vengeance he will destroy thee.
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall
not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way:
for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.
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.
Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand:
and return a true answer with wisdom.
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.
Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the
tongue of the fool is his ruin.
Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue,
and confounded.
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.
Justify alike the small and the great.
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