6 And I said: 'Wherefore do you wait, brethren, and do not serve before the Lord's face, and have not put your services before the Lord's face, lest you anger your Lord utterly?' (2EN)
2 Enoch 18:6
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2 Enoch 55:3–4
3 For to-morrow I shall go up on to heaven, to the uppermost Jerusalem to my eternal inheritance. (2EN) 4 Therefore I bid you do before the Lord's face all his good pleasure. (2EN)
Sirach 11:22–24
22 The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly. He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly. (WEB) 23 Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?” (WEB) 24 Don’t say, “I have enough. What harm could happen to me now?” (WEB)
Genesis 19:6–8
6 Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him. 7 “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not…
Sirach 5:6–8
6 Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners. (WEB) 7 Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lor… (WEB)
Sirach 2:13–15
13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB) 14 Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you? (WEB) 15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways. (WEB)
2 Chronicles 29:10–12
10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us. 11 Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn in…
2 Esdras 16:34–36
34 Their bridegrooms will be destroyed in the wars, and their husbands will perish of famine. (WEB) 35 Hear now these things, and understand them, you servants of the Lord. (WEB) 36 Behold, the Lord’s word: receive it. Don’t doubt the things about which the Lord speaks. (WEB)
Sirach 51:23–25
23 Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated, and live in the house of instruction. (WEB) 24 Why therefore are you all lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty? (WEB) 25 I opened my mouth and spoke, “Get her for yourselves without money.” (WEB)
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