19 Learn before you speak. Take care of your health before you get sick. (WEB) 20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. (WEB) 21 Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent. (WEB)
Sirach 18:19–21
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Sirach 7:35–36
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Sirach 38:14–16
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Sirach 5:4–6
4 Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient. (WEB) 5 Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins. (WEB) 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… (WEB)
Sirach 7:15–17
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Sirach 4:19–21
19 If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall. (WEB) 20 Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul. (WEB) 21 For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace. (WEB)
Sirach 20:1–3
1 There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent. (WEB) 2 How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm. (WEB) 3 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so… (KJV)
Sirach 4:25–27
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Sirach 17:24–26
24 However to those who repent he grants a return. He comforts those who are losing hope. (WEB) 25 Return to the Lord, and forsake sins. Make your prayer before his face offend less. (WEB) 26 Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity. Greatly hate the abominable thin… (WEB)
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