Sirach Chapter 5 (KJV)
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Don’t set your heart upon your goods.Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
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Don’t follow your own mind and your strengthto walk in the desires of your heart.
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Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?”for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
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Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?”for the Lord is patient.
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Don’t be so confident of atonementthat you add sin upon sins.
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Don’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.
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Don’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.
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Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains,for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
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Don’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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Be steadfast in your understanding.Let your speech be consistent.
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Be swift to hearand answer with patience.
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If you have understanding, answer your neighbor;but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
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Glory and dishonor is in talk.A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
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Don’t be called a whisperer.Don’t lie in wait with your tongue;for shame is on the thief,and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
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Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
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