Sirach 7:5LXX
Biblia Prawosławna · LXX · Werset 5 z 40
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"Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king."
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3My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
4Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
5Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.
6Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.
7Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,