Sirach 7:1–9
1Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you.↗
2Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.↗
3My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold.↗
4Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king.↗
5Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king.↗
6Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.↗
7Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd.↗
8Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished.↗
9Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”↗
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