Sirach 5:4-6

Good News Translation

^4 (A)Don't think that you can sin and get away with it; the Lord does not mind waiting to punish you. ⁵ Don't be so certain of the Lord's forgiveness that you go on committing one sin after another. ⁶ Don't think that his mercy is so great that he will forgive your sins no matter how many they are. He does show mercy, but he also shows his furious anger with sinners.