Sirach 15:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.

¹⁷ He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.

¹⁸ Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him: