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Sirach 6:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 6:1-2
Revised Standard Version
6 and do not become an enemy instead of a friend;
for a bad name incurs shame and reproach:
so fares the double-tongued sinner.
2 Do not exalt yourself through your soul’s counsel,
lest your soul be torn in pieces like a bull.[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 6:2 The meaning of the Greek of this verse is obscure
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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