Sirach 11:29-31

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²⁹ Do not invite everyone into your home,
    for many are the tricks of the crafty.
³⁰ Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of the proud,
    and like spies they observe your weakness,^[a](A)
31 for they lie in wait, turning good into evil,
    and to worthy actions they attach blame.^(B)