Sirach 7:7

7 Don't sin against a city's inhabitants, and don't bring yourself down in their estimation. for you won't be innocent even of committing it the first time.

Sirach 7:7 In-Context

5 Don't justify yourself in the Lord's presence, and don't make a show of your wisdom with a king.

6 Don't aspire to become a judge; you might not be strong enough to get rid of injustice. Perhaps you will be too cautious in the presence of a powerful person and bring a scandal on your good name.

7 Don't sin against a city's inhabitants, and don't bring yourself down in their estimation. for you won't be innocent even of committing it the first time.

8 Don't repeat a sin,

9 Don't say, "He will look at the heap of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the Most High, he will accept it."

Footnotes

• [a] LXX in a crowd