Sirach 7:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.

⁷ Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,

⁸ Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.