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21 One may be prevented from sinning by poverty;
    so when he rests he feels no remorse.
22 One may lose his life through shame,
    or lose it because of human respect.[a]
23 Another out of shame makes promises to a friend,
    and so makes an enemy for nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 20:22 Other ancient authorities read his foolish look

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