15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice. (WEB) 16 He has set fire and water before you. You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire. (WEB) 17 Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him. (WEB)
Sirach 15:15–17
Semantically similar passages
Deuteronomy 30:14–16
14 But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it. 15 See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster. 16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and t…
Deuteronomy 11:25–27
25 No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you. 26 See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— 27 a blessing if you obey the commandments o…
Jeremiah 21:7–9
7 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to… 8 …
Testament of Asher 1:4–6
4 Therefore all things are by twos, one over against the other. (T12) 5 For there are two ways of good and evil, and with these are the two inclinations in our breasts discriminating them. (T12) 6 Therefore if the soul take pleasure in the good inclination, all its actions are i… (T12)
Job 36:20–22
20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes. 21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction. 22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Job 34:32–34
32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’ 33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know. 34 Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear m…
Deuteronomy 23:21–23
21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. 23 Be careful to follow through on what comes from your…
Book of Enoch 94:3–5
3 And now I say unto you the righteous: Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death, And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed. (ENO) 4 But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and an elect life, And walk in the paths of peace, And ye sh… (ENO)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources