Verse

Sirach 17:16

Original

¹⁶Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.

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¹⁴And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.

¹⁵Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.

— Sirach 17:16 —

¹⁷For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord’s portion:

¹⁸Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.