24 Therefore, we must take heed to avoid evil desire, because death is posted at the entrance of indulgence. 25 About this Scripture teaches, saying:
Do not go after your lusts. (Sir 18:30)
26 Therefore, if “the eyes of the Lord look on the good and the bad” (Prov 15:3), 27 and if the “Lord always looks down from heaven upon all humanity to see if any understand or seek God” (Ps 14:2), 28 and if the angels, appointed to watch over us, daily report both day and night to God the deeds that we do, 29 we should take heed at all times, brothers, as the Prophet says in the Psalm, lest God should see us at any time sinking down into evil and becoming useless.
30 Also, he spares us in this present moment because he is loving, and is waiting for us to be changed by this life for the better, so that he does not need to say to us in the future:
These things you have done, and I was quiet. (Ps 50:21)
