Sirach 21:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.

³ The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.

⁴ All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.