Sirach 22:25-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁵ I am not ashamed to shelter a friend,
    and I will not hide from him,
²⁶ but if harm should come to me because of him,
    whoever hears of it will beware of him.

²⁷ Who will set a guard over my mouth
    and an effective seal upon my lips,
so that I may not fall because of them
    and my tongue may not destroy me?^(A)