Ben Sira 17:21

21 But the Lord, being gracious and knowing His workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.

Ben Sira 17:21 In-Context

19 Therefore all their works are as the sun before Him, and His eyes are continually upon their ways.
20 None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from Him, but all their sins are before the Lord.
21 But the Lord, being gracious and knowing His workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.
22 The almsgiving of a man is as a signet with Him, and He will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to His sons and daughters.
23 Afterwards He will rise up and reward them, and render their recompense upon their heads.
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