Sirach 12:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

¹³ Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

¹⁴ For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.