4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
Psalms 5:4
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Sirach 15:12–14
12 Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man. (WEB) 13 The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them. (WEB) 14 He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel. (WEB)
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