19 Indeed we are forbidden to carry out our self-will when Scripture says to us:
Turn away from your own passions. (Sir 18:30)
20 And so we ask God in prayer that his will be done in us. 21 Rightly, therefore, are we taught not to do our own will when we give heed to what Holy Scripture says:
There are ways that people think right but their end plunges into the very depths of hell. (Prov 16:25)
22 At the same time, we should also quake with fear at what is said about the heedless:
They are corrupt and their own passions have made them abominable. (Ps 14:1)
23 As for the desires of the flesh, then, let us believe that God is always present since the Prophet says to the Lord:
Before you is my every desire. (Ps 38:10)