2 Esdras 8:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷ Don’t consider those who do evil by sinning but those who have kept your covenants in the midst of torments. ²⁸ Don’t think about those who have conducted themselves wickedly in your presence but of those who have made it their purpose to know what it means to revere you. ²⁹ Don’t set your mind to destroy those who have lived as mindlessly as cows,^[a] but look on those who showed forth your glorious Law.