Sirach 7:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ Don’t repeat a sin,
    for you won’t be innocent
    even of committing it the first time.
⁹ Don’t say,
“He will look at the heap of my gifts,
    and when I make an offering
    to the Most High, he will accept it.”
¹⁰ Don’t be timid in your prayer,
    and don’t neglect caring for those in need.