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Ben Sira 17
Ben Sira 17:14-24
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Ben Sira 17:14-24
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And he said to them, "Beware of all unrighteousness." And he gave commandment to each of them concerning his neighbor.
15
Their ways are always before him, they will not be hid from his eyes.
17
He appointed a ruler for every nation, but Israel is the Lord's own portion.
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All their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
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Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord.
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A man's almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person's kindness like the apple of his eye.
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Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads.
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Yet to those who repent he grants a return, and he encourages those whose endurance is failing.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.