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12 Those who won’t guard your secrets
are cruel,
    and they won’t spare you
    from mistreatment
    and imprisonment.
13 Be on guard and pay attention,
    because you are tiptoeing
    around your own downfall.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 13:13 LXXb adds 13:14 When you hear things in your sleep, wake up; love the Lord for all of your life, and call upon him for your deliverance.

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