23 In every work guard your own soul, for this is the keeping of the commandments. (WEB) 24 He who believes the law gives heed to the commandment. He who trusts in the Lord will suffer no loss. (WEB)
Sirach 32:23–24
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Proverbs 19:15–17
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger. 16 He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die. 17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Ecclesiastes 8:4–6
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?” 5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. 6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery we…
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Sirach 2:14–16
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) 16 Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be… (WEB)
Sirach 35:1–2
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Testament of Naphtali 2:28–30
28 But him that doeth not that which is good, both angels and men shall curse, and God shall be dishonoured among the Gentiles through him, and the devil shall make him as his own peculiar instrument, and every wild beast shall master him, and the Lord shall hat… (T12)
Book of Jubilees 21:14–16
14 Besides these kinds of wood there is none other that thou shalt place (on the altar), for the fragrance is dispersed, and the smell of its fragrance goes not up to heaven. (JUB) 15 Observe this commandment and do it, my son, that thou mayst be upright in all thy deeds. (JUB) 16 … (JUB)
Sirach 24:21–23
21 Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more. (WEB) 22 He who obeys me will not be ashamed. Those who work with me will not sin.” (WEB) 23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded u… (WEB)
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