Do not rely on your wealth. Do not say, “I am self-sufficient.”
Do not let yourself be carried away by greed and violence; they would make you their slave.
Do not say, “Who can stop me?” For the Lord has power to punish you.
Do not say, “I have sinned and nothing has happened!” For the Lord bides his time.
Do not be so sure of pardon when you are heaping sin upon sin.
Do not say, “His compassion is great! He will forgive the vast number of my sins!” For with him is mercy but also anger; his fury will be poured out on sinners.
Do not delay your return to the Lord, do not put it off from day to day. For suddenly the anger of the Lord will blaze forth and you will perish on the day of reckoning.
Do not rely on riches wrongfully acquired for they will be of no use to you on the day of wrath.
Sirach 5:1-8