| 35 | Ecclesiasticus | ||
| 1 | He who keeps the law makes many offerings; | ||
| 2 | he who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. | ||
| 3 | He who returns a kindness offers fine flour, | ||
| 4 | and he who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering. | ||
| 5 | To keep from wickedness is pleasing to the Lord, and to forsake unrighteousness is atonement. | ||
| 6 | Do not appear before the Lord empty-handed, | ||
| 7 | for all these things are to be done because of the commandment. | ||
| 8 | The offering of a righteous man anoints the altar, and its pleasing odour rises before the Most High. | ||
| 9 | The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable, and the memory of it will not be forgotten. | ||
| 10 | Glorify the Lord generously, and do not stint the first fruits of your hands. | ||
| 11 | With every gift show a cheerful face, and dedicate your tithe with gladness. | ||
| 12 | Give to the Most High as he has given, and as generously as your hand has found. | God's justice. Sir.35.12-20 | |
| 13 | For the Lord is the one who repays, and he will repay you sevenfold. | ||
| 14 | Do not offer him a bribe, for he will not accept it; | ||
| 15 | and do not trust to an unrighteous sacrifice; for the Lord is the judge, and with him is no partiality. | ||
| 16 | He will not show partiality in the case of a poor man; and he will listen to the prayer of one who is wronged. | ||
| 17 | He will not ignore the supplication of the fatherless, nor the widow when she pours out her story. | ||
| 18 | Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek | ||
| 19 | as she cries out against him who has caused them to fall? | ||
| 20 | He whose service is pleasing to the Lord will be accepted, and his prayer will reach to the clouds. | ||
| 21 | The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord; he will not desist until the Most High visits him, | ||
| 22 | and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment. And the Lord will not delay, neither will he be patient with them, till he crushes the loins of the unmerciful | ||
| 23 | and repays vengeance on the nations; till he takes away the multitude of the insolent, and breaks the scepters of the unrighteous; | ||
| 24 | till he repays the man according to his deeds, and the works of men according to their devices; | ||
| 25 | till he judges the case of his people and makes them rejoice in his mercy. | ||
| 26 | Mercy is as welcome when he afflicts them as clouds of rain in the time of drought. | ||
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