8 Beware that you are not deceived and brought low in your enjoyment. (WEB)
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2 Baruch 12:2–4
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James 1:15–17
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Sirach 7:15–17
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Sirach 32:11–13
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Sirach 37:28–30
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Sirach 28:25–26
25 so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth. (WEB) 26 Take heed lest you slip with it, lest you fall before one who lies in wait. (WEB)
Sirach 9:11–13
11 Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be. (WEB) 12 Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to the grave. (WEB) 13 Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by t… (WEB)
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