1 Clement 22

1And And faith in Christ confirms all these things. confirms all these things. For he himself, through the Holy Spirit, thus calls us: “Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

2Who is the man who desires life, who loves to see good days?

3Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

4Turn away from evil and do good.

5Seek peace and pursue it.

6The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their petition; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to wipe out their memory from the earth.

7The righteous man cried out, and the Lord heard him and delivered him from all his afflictions.

8Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and from all of them the Lord will deliver him. Then: “Many are the blows of the sinner, but mercy will surround those who hope in the Lord.”