Sirach 35:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³To keep from wickedness is pleasing to the Lord,
and to forsake unrighteousness is atonement.
⁴Do not appear before the Lord empty-handed,
⁵ for all these things are to be done because of the commandment.

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