20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. (WEB)
Sirach 18:20
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1 Corinthians 11:30–32
30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the w…
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1 “Do not judge, or you will be judged. 2 For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Sirach 31:14–16
14 Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish. (WEB) 15 Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point. (WEB) 16 Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hate… (WEB)
Sirach 11:6–8
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Luke 6:36–38
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and runni…
Sirach 7:15–17
15 Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. (WEB) 16 Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. (WEB) 17 Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. (WEB)
Sirach 20:2–4
2 How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm. (WEB) 3 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so shalt thou escape wilful sin. (KJV) 4 As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin, so is he who exec… (WEB)
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