Ben Sira 15:16

16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.

Ben Sira 15:16 In-Context

14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.

15 He added his commandments and precepts.

16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.

17 He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.

18 Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him: