Sirach 21:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²Flee from sin as from a snake;
    for if you approach sin, it will bite you.
Its teeth are lion’s teeth,
    and destroy the souls of men.
³All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword;
    there is no healing for its wound.

⁴Terror and violence will lay waste riches;
thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.

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