Good News Translation
Don't join up with a crowd of sinners; remember that the Lord's punishment is sure to come.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not enroll in the ranks of sinners; remember that retribution does not delay.

Contemporary English Version
Do not join others in sinning-- just think of how quickly God can punish.

New American Bible
Do not esteem yourself more than your compatriots; remember, his wrath will not delay.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Sirach 7:14
Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.

Sirach 7:15
Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.

Sirach 7:17
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Sirach 7:18
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.