7 For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them. (WEB)
Sirach 34:7
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Sirach 34:1–2
1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools. (WEB) 2 As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams. (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 5:6–8
6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God. 8 If yo…
Sirach 3:23–25
23 Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand. (WEB) 24 For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip. (WEB) 25 There is no light without eyes. There is no wisdom without… (WEB)
2 Clement 5:6–7
6 What then can we do to obtain them, but walk in holiness and righteousness, and consider these worldly things as alien to us, and not desire them? (2CL) 7 For when we desire to obtain these things we fall away from the righteous path. (2CL)
1 Esdras 4:26–28
26 Yes, there are many who have lost their minds for women, and become slaves for their sakes. (WEB) 27 Many also have perished, have stumbled, and sinned, for women. (WEB) 28 Now don’t you believe me? Isn’t the king great in his power? Don’t all regions fear to touch him? (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 9:13–15
13 For what man will know the counsel of God? Or who will conceive what the Lord wills? (WEB) 14 For the thoughts of mortals are unstable, and our plans are prone to fail. (WEB) 15 For a corruptible body weighs down the soul. The earthy tent burdens a mind that is full of cares. (WEB)
Sirach 31:5–7
5 He who loves gold won’t be justified. He who follows destruction will himself have his fill of it. (WEB) 6 Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold. Their destruction meets them face to face. (WEB) 7 It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it. Every foo… (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:44–46
44 those who marry, as those who will have no children, and those who don’t marry, as the widowed. (WEB) 45 Because of this, those who labor, labor in vain; (WEB) 46 for foreigners will reap their fruits, plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive,… (WEB)
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