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  • After the LORD, your God, has thrust them out of your way, do not say to yourselves, 'It is because of my merits that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; for it is really because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you. (Deuteronomy 9, 4)

  • No, it is not because of your merits or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but the LORD, your God, is driving these nations out before you on account of their wickedness and in order to keep the promise which he made on oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 9, 5)

  • Understand this, therefore: it is not because of your merits that the LORD, your God, is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. (Deuteronomy 9, 6)

  • David grew very angry with that man and said to Nathan: "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this merits death! (2 Samuel 12, 5)

  • There is a sense of shame laden with guilt, and a shame that merits honor and respect. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 21)

  • Because of his merits he had as his successor a wise son, who lived in security: (Ecclesiasticus 47, 12)


“Se precisamos ter paciência para suportar os defeitos dos outros, quanto mais ainda precisamos para tolerar nossos próprios defeitos!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina