2 Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity. (WEB) 3 Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end. (WEB) 4 Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation. (WEB)
Sirach 2:2–4
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Sirach 11:19–21
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2 Enoch 50:3–5
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Luke 21:18–20
18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish. 19 By your patient endurance you will gain your souls. 20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
Sirach 38:19–21
19 In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart. (WEB) 20 Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end. (WEB) 21 Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again. You do him no good, and you would harm yourself. (WEB)
Sirach 5:9–11
9 Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does. (WEB) 10 Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent. (WEB) 11 Be swift to hear and answer with patience. (WEB)
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?
Ecclesiastes 8:2–4
2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God. 3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. 4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
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)
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