11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. (WEB) 12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways! (WEB) 13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB)
Sirach 2:11–13
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Sirach 2:6–8
6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him. (WEB) 7 All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall. (WEB) 8 All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail. (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:20–22
20 I was cast into prison, I was beaten, I was mocked; but the Lord granted me to find mercy, in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (T12) 21 For the Lord doth not forsake them that fear Him, neither in darkness, nor in bonds, nor in tribulations, nor in necessities. (T12) 22 Fo… (T12)
2 Esdras 15:23–25
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Sirach 34:13–15
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Psalms 130:3–5
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Sirach 5:3–5
3 Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you. (WEB) 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)
Sirach 7:15–17
15 Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. (WEB) 16 Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. (WEB) 17 Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. (WEB)
Judith 13:18–20
18 Ozias said to her, “Blessed are you, daughter, in the sight of the Most High God, above all the women upon the earth; and blessed is the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who directed you to cut off the head of the prince of our enemies. (WEB) 19 For you… (WEB)
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