Sirach 5
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Sirach 5
Precepts for Everyday Living
1 #
Job 31.24; Ps 62.10; Lk 12.15, 19; 1 Tim 6.17 Do not rely on your wealth
or say, “I have enough.”
2 #
Prov 3.5
Do not follow your inclination and strength
in pursuing the desires of your heart.
3 #
Ps 12.4
Do not say, “Who can have power over me?”
for the Lord will surely punish you.
4 #
Eccl 8.11; 2 Pet 3.9 Do not say, “I sinned, yet what has happened to me?”
for the Lord is slow to anger.
5 #
Sir 3.27
Do not be so confident of forgiveness#5.5 Heb: Gk atonement
that you add sin to sins.
6 #
Ex 34.7; Sir 16.11, 12 Do not say, “His mercy is great;
he will forgive#5.6 Heb: Gk he (or it) will atone for the multitude of my sins,”
for both mercy and wrath are with him,
and his anger will rest on sinners.
7 #
Isa 55.6; 1 Thess 5.3 Do not delay to turn back to the Lord,
and do not postpone it from day to day,
for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come forth,
and at the time of punishment you will perish.
8 #
Prov 10.2; 11.4; Ezek 7.19 Do not rely on dishonest wealth,
for it will not benefit you on the day of calamity.
9Do not winnow in every wind
or follow every path.#5.9 Gk adds so it is with the double-tongued sinner
10Stand firm in what you know,
and let your speech be consistent.
11 #
Jas 1.19
Be quick to hear,
and utter a reply patiently.
12 #
Wis 8.12; Sir 18.19 If you understand, answer your neighbor,
but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
13 #
Prov 18.21; Sir 1.29; Mt 12.37 Honor and dishonor come from speaking,
and the tongue of mortals may be their downfall.
14 #
Sir 6.1; 28.13; 2 Cor 12.20 Do not be called double-tongued#5.14 Heb: Gk a slanderer
and do not lay traps with your tongue,
for shame comes to the thief
and severe condemnation to the double-tongued.
15In great and small matters cause no harm,#5.15 Heb Syr: Gk be ignorant
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