Sirach 5 - UPDV Updated Bible Version

^5:1 Do not lean on your strength, And do not say, It is in the power of my hand.
^5:2 Do not go after your heart and your eyes, To walk in the pleasures of evil.
^5:3 Do not say, Who is able to [reach] his strength, For Yahweh seeks the persecuted.
^5:4 Do not say, I have sinned, and will he do anything to me? For God is slow to anger.
^5:5 Do not trust to forgiveness, To add iniquity to iniquity;
^5:6 And say, His mercies are great, He will forgive the multitude of my iniquities. For mercy and anger are with him, And upon the wicked he will lay his wrath.
^5:7 Do not delay to turn to him; And do not put it off from day to day. For suddenly his indignation will go forth; And in the time of vengeance you will be consumed.
^5:8 Do not trust to possessions of falsehood, For they will not profit in the day of wrath.
^5:9 Do not be scattered in every wind, And do not walk in every path.
^5:10 Be established in your knowledge, And afterward will be your words.
^5:11 Be swift to give ear, And in patience of spirit return an answer.
^5:12 If you have anything [to say], answer your fellow man; If not, [put] your hand on your mouth.
^5:13 Glory and shame are in the hand of one who speaks rashly; And the tongue of a man is his fall.
^5:14 Do not be called double-hearted; And with your tongue do not slander a friend. For a thief, shame was created; And reproach for the friend of the double-hearted.
^5:15 Small or great, do not destroy; And in the stead of a friend, do not be an enemy.

Sirach, Chapter 5