Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Come back to the Lord quickly. Don't think that you can keep putting it off. His anger can come upon you suddenly, and you will die under his punishment. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. Sirach 5:5Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin: Sirach 5:6 And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. Sirach 5:8 Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. Sirach 5:9 For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee. Context Sirach 5…6And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. 7For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. 8Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.… Cross References Sirach 5:5 Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin: Sirach 5:6 And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. Sirach 5:8 Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. Sirach 5:9 For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee. |