Sirach 21:1-3

Wycliffe Bible

21 Son, thou hast done sin? add thou (to it) not again; but beseech thou for the former sins, that those be forgiven to thee. [Son, hast thou sinned? not add thou to again; but of thy rather lowly pray, that to thee they be forgiven.]

² As from the face of a serpent flee thou sins; and if thou nighest (or approachest) to them, those shall take thee. The teeth of a lion be (as) the teeth thereof, that slay the souls of men. [As from the face of a shadow adder flee sins; and if thou shalt nigh to them, they shall take thee. The teeth of a lion the teeth of it, slaying the souls of men.]

³ All wickedness is as a sharp sword on either side; health is not to the wound thereof [or of the wound of it is no health].