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Chapter Overview & Historical Context AI Insight

அதிகார சுருக்கம் & வரலாற்றுப் பின்னணி (Author, Themes & Exegesis)

5:1

Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.

5:2

Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:

5:3

And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.

5:4

Say not: I have sinned, and whet harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.

5:5

Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:

5:6

And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.

5:7

For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

5:8

Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

5:9

For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

5:10

Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

5:11

Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.

5:12

Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.

5:13

Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.

5:14

If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskillful word, and be confounded.

5:15

Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.

5:16

Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.

5:17

For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.

5:18

Justify alike the small and the great.

Completed Sirach 5?

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