26 Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current. (WEB)
Sirach 4:26
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Sirach 42:1–2
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Sirach 4:19–21
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Sirach 18:20–22
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) 22 Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released. (WEB)
Sirach 21:1–2
1 My son, have you sinned? Do it no more; and ask forgiveness for your past sins. (WEB) 2 Flee from sin as from the face of a snake; for if you go near, it will bite you. Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, slaying people’s souls. (WEB)
Sirach 38:9–11
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Proverbs 28:12–14
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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)
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