Sirach 5:1–9
1Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”↗
2Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart.↗
3Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.↗
4Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient.↗
5Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins.↗
6Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.↗
7Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance.↗
8Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.↗
9Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.↗
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