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Freedom of Choice

11 Do not say, “It was the Lord’s doing that I fell away”;
    for he does not do[a] what he hates.
12 Do not say, “It was he who led me astray”;
    for he has no need of the sinful.
13 The Lord hates all abominations;
    such things are not loved by those who fear him.
14 It was he who created humankind in the beginning,
    and he left them in the power of their own free choice.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 15:11 Heb: Gk you ought not to do

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