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Ben Sira 15:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Free Will[a]

11 Do not say: “It was God’s doing that I fell away,”
    for what he hates he does not do.
12 Do not say: “He himself has led me astray,”
    for he has no need of the wicked.(A)
13 Abominable wickedness the Lord hates
    and he does not let it happen to those who fear him.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11–20 Here Ben Sira links freedom of the will with human responsibility. God, who sees everything, is neither the cause nor the occasion of sin. We have the power to choose our behavior and we are responsible for both the good and the evil we do (vv. 15–17).
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