6 Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners. (WEB)
Sirach 5:6
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Wisdom of Solomon 11:22–24
22 Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance, and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning. (WEB) 23 But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may… (WEB)
Sirach 16:10–12
10 or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts. (WEB) 11 Even if there is one stiff-necked person, it is a marvel if he will be unpunished; for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive, a… (WEB)
Sirach 2:10–12
10 Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him? (WEB) 11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves… (WEB) 12 … (WEB)
Tobit 13:1–3
1 And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom! (WEB) 2 For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one who will escape his hand. (WEB) 3 Give thanks to him before t… (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)
1 Clement 22:7–8
7 The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him from all his troubles. Many are the troubles of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver him from them all . (1CL) 8 And again Many are the stripes of the sinner, but them that set their hope on the L… (1CL)
Sirach 15:10–12
10 For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it. (WEB) 11 Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates. (WEB) 12 Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man. (WEB)
Psalms 103:8–10
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. 9 He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
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