| Sirach 17: 20 - 24 |
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| 20 | Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord. |
| 22 | A man's almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person's kindness like the apple of his eye. |
| 23 | Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads. |
| 24 | Yet to those who repent he grants a return, and he encourages those whose endurance is failing. |