Sirach 5:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²Do not follow your inclination and strength
in pursuing the desires of your heart.
³Do not say, ‘Who can have power over me?’
for the Lord will surely punish you.

⁴Do not say, ‘I sinned, yet what has happened to me?’
for the Lord is slow to anger.

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New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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