23 Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it. It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched. It will be sent against them like a lion. It will destroy them like a leopard. (WEB) 24 As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold, (WEB) 25 so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth. (WEB)
Sirach 28:23–25
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