Sirach 7:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²Stay away from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
³Do^[a] not sow in the furrows of injustice,
and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.

⁴Do not seek from the Lord high office,
or the seat of honour from the king.

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Sirach 7:3 Gk My child, do

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