Sirach 7:10–18
10Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms.↗
11Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.↗
12Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.↗
13Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.↗
14Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.↗
15Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.↗
16Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait.↗
17Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.↗
18Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.↗
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