2 Esdras 8:47-49

Common English Bible

⁴⁷ You are a long way from loving my creation more than I do. But you have often associated yourself with the wicked. Never do so! ⁴⁸ But even in this respect the Most High will admire you, ⁴⁹ because you have humbled yourself, as befits you, and didn’t count yourself among the righteous so that you may be glorified the more.