Sirach 4:26-31
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26 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
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27 Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
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28 Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
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29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
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30 Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
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31 Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.