24 When one prays, and another curses, whose voice will the Lord listen to? (WEB) 25 He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing? (WEB) 26 Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation? (WEB)
Sirach 34:24–26
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Sirach 12:13–15
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Proverbs 20:8–10
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Sirach 28:2–4
2 Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray. (WEB) 3 Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord? (WEB) 4 Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sin… (WEB)
Job 33:12–14
12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. 13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? 14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
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