Sirach 22:25-27

Revised Standard Version

²⁵I will not be ashamed to protect a friend,
and I will not hide from him;
²⁶but if some harm should happen to me because of him,
whoever hears of it will beware of him.

A Prayer for Help against Sinning

²⁷O that a guard were set over my mouth,
and a seal of prudence upon my lips,
that it may keep me from falling,
so that my tongue may not destroy me!^[a]

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Footnotes

Sirach 22:27 Or Who will set a guard . . . destroy me?

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