1 O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them. (WEB) 2 Who will set scourges over my thought, and a discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not for my errors, and not overlook their sins? (WEB)
Sirach 23:1–2
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Sirach 22:26–27
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)
Odes of Solomon 18:3–5
3 Sicknesses removed from my body, and it stood to the Lord by His will. For His kingdom is true. (ODE) 4 O Lord, for the sake of them that are deficient do not remove thy word from me! (ODE) 5 Neither for the sake of their works do thou restrain from me thy perfection! (ODE)
Jeremiah 10:23–25
23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps. 24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the fa…
Greek Esther 4:38–40
38 and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to speak the praises of vanities, and that a mortal king should be admired forever. (WEB) 39 O Lord, don’t surrender your sceptre to those who don’t exist, and don’t let them laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themse… (WEB)
Sirach 23:5–7
5 and turn away evil desire from me. (WEB) 6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind. (WEB) 7 Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught. (WEB)
Psalms 19:12–14
12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. 13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression. 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be plea…
Psalms 39:7–9
7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. 9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Psalms of Solomon 16:6–8
6 Remove not Thy mercy from me, O God, Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die. (PSS) 7 Rule me, O God, keeping me back from wicked sin, And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble. (PSS) 8 And let not the beauty of a lawless woman beguile me, Nor any one t… (PSS)
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