Sirach 17:18-21
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18 Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.
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19 Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
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20 None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord
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21 But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.