Sirach 15:16–21

¹⁶If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.

¹⁷He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.

¹⁸Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:

¹⁹For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.

²⁰The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.

²¹He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin;