7 For the scripture saith, But unto the sinner said God, Wherefore dost thou declare Mine ordinances, and takest My covenant upon thy lips? (1CL) 8 Yet Thou didst hate instruction and didst cast away My words behind thee. If thou sawest a thief thou didst keep company with him, and with the adulterers thou didst set thy portion. Thy mouth multiplied wickedness and thy tongue wove deceit. Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother, and against the son of thy mother thou didst lay a stumbling block. (1CL) 9 These things Thou hast done, and I kept silence. Thou thoughtest, unrighteous man, that I should be like unto thee. (1CL)
1 Clement 35:7–9
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