Sirach 13:8-17
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8 Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity.
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9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.
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10 Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten.
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11 Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:
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12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.
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13 Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep.
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14 Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
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15 Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbor.
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16 All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.
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17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.