11 Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish. (WEB) 12 Don’t set him next to you, lest he overthrow you and stand in your place. Don’t let him sit on your right hand, lest he seek to take your seat, and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. (WEB) 13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake, or any who come near wild beasts? (WEB)
Sirach 12:11–13
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Sirach 12:16–18
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Proverbs 26:24–26
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Sirach 27:22–24
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Proverbs 22:24–26
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