25 I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend. I won’t hide myself from his face. (WEB) 26 If any evil happens to me because of him, everyone who hears it will beware of him. (WEB) 27 Who will set a watch over my mouth, and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips, that I may not fall from it, and that my tongue may not destroy me? (WEB)
Sirach 22:25–27
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