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Sirach 13:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 13:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 When they need you, they will deceive you
and will smile at you and encourage you;
they will speak to you kindly and say, “What do you need?”
7 They will embarrass you with their delicacies,
until they have drained you two or three times,
and finally they will laugh at you.
Should they see you afterwards, they will pass you by
and shake their heads at you.(A)
8 Take care not to be led astray
and humiliated when you are enjoying yourself.[a]
Footnotes
- 13.8 Other ancient authorities read in your folly
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