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Sirach 22:25-27
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 22:25-27
Revised Standard Version
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]
Footnotes
- Sirach 22:27 Or Who will set a guard . . . destroy me?
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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