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Good News Translation
Don't blame the Lord for your sin; the Lord does not cause what he hates.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not say, “It was the Lord’s doing that I fell away”; for he does not do what he hates.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord hates it when you say that he forced you to sin.

New American Bible
Do not say: “It was God’s doing that I fell away,” for what he hates he does not do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.

Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:

Sirach 15:10
For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.

Sirach 15:12
Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.

Sirach 15:13
The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.

Context
Sirach 15
…10For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it. 11Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth. 12Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.…
Cross References
Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:

Sirach 15:10
For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.

Sirach 15:12
Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.

Sirach 15:13
The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.



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Sirach 15:10
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