Sirach 5:3-5

Common English Bible

³ And don’t say,
“Who’ll have power over me?”
    When the Lord punishes,
    he will punish.
⁴ Don’t say, “Sure, I sinned,
but what happened to me?”
    The Lord is patient indeed.
⁵ Don’t be too confident
of being forgiven,
    adding sin upon sin.