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Care in Choosing Friends

29 Do not bring every man into your home,
    for many are the wiles of the crafty.
30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of a proud man,
    and like a spy he observes your weakness;[a]
31 for he lies in wait, turning good into evil,
    and to worthy actions he will attach blame.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 11:30 Heb: Gk downfall

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