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25 I will not be ashamed to protect a friend,
    and I will not hide from him;
26 but if some harm should happen to me because of him,
    whoever hears of it will beware of him.

A Prayer for Help against Sinning

27 O that a guard were set over my mouth,
    and a seal of prudence upon my lips,
that it may keep me from falling,
    so that my tongue may not destroy me![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 22:27 Or Who will set a guard . . . destroy me?

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