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Sirach 5:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 5:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Do not follow your inclination and strength
in pursuing the desires of your heart.(A)
3 Do not say, “Who can have power over me?”
for the Lord will surely punish you.(B)
4 Do not say, “I sinned, yet what has happened to me?”
for the Lord is slow to anger.(C)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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