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    and do not become an enemy instead of a friend,
for a bad name incurs shame and reproach;
    so it is with the double-tongued sinner.(A)

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'Sirach 6:1' not found for the version: New International Version.

13 Curse the gossips and the double-tongued,
    for they destroy the peace of many.(A)

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'Sirach 28:13' not found for the version: New International Version.

20 For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.(A)

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20 For I am afraid that when I come(A) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(B) I fear that there may be discord,(C) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(D) slander,(E) gossip,(F) arrogance(G) and disorder.(H)

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