Sirach 7:14-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁴Do not babble in the assembly of the elders,
and do not repeat yourself when you pray.

¹⁵Do not hate hard labour
or farm work, which was created by the Most High.
¹⁶Do not enrol in the ranks of sinners;
remember that retribution does not delay.

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