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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:5-9 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

5. If you cannot get rid of your anger, you have no hope of forgiveness — you are only a human being.

6. Think about it! Some day you will die, and your body will decay. So give up hate and live by the Lord's commands,

7. the commands in the covenant of the Most High. Instead of getting upset over your neighbour's faults, overlook them.

8. If you stay out of arguments, you will not sin so much, because a hot temper gets them started.

9. It is sinful to break up a friendship by creating hostility among people who get along well together.

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