Sirach 5:1-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Precepts for Everyday Living
5 Do not rely on your wealth
or say, “I have enough.”(A)
2 Do not follow your inclination and strength
in pursuing the desires of your heart.(B)
3 Do not say, “Who can have power over me?”
for the Lord will surely punish you.(C)
4 Do not say, “I sinned, yet what has happened to me?”
for the Lord is slow to anger.(D)
5 Do not be so confident of forgiveness[a]
that you add sin to sins.(E)
6 Do not say, “His mercy is great;
he will forgive[b] the multitude of my sins,”
for both mercy and wrath are with him,
and his anger will rest on sinners.(F)
7 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.(G)
8 Do not rely on dishonest wealth,
for it will not benefit you on the day of calamity.(H)
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