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Sirach 7:6-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. Do not seek to become a judge, unless you have sufficient strength to shatter iniquities. Otherwise, you might fear the face of the powerful, and so establish a scandal within your integrity.

7. You should not sin against the multitude of a city, nor should you cast yourself against the people.

8. And you should not bind two sins together. For even in one sin, you will not go unpunished.

9. Do not be cowardly in your soul.

10. You should not be unwilling to beg, nor to give alms.

11. You should not say: "God will look with favor on the multitude of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the most high God, he will accept my gift."

12. You should not ridicule a man in bitterness of soul. For there is One who humbles and who exalts: the all-seeing God.

13. Do not love a lie against your brother, nor should you act the same toward your friend.

14. Do not be willing to devise a lie of any kind. For the practice of lying is not good.

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