Sirach 8:18
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Don’t do anything in front of strangers that should be kept hidden, for you don’t know what they will reveal.
Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.
You should not do anything in front of a stranger that should be kept secret. There is no way of knowing what will happen if you do.
Before a stranger do nothing that should be kept secret, for you do not know what it will produce later on.
In the presence of a stranger do nothing that should be kept secret, for you cannot be certain what use he will make of it.
In the presence of strangers do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what they will divulge.
In the presence of strangers do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what they will divulge.
In the presence of strangers do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what they will divulge.
In the presence of strangers do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what they will divulge.
In the presence of a stranger do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what he will divulge.
In the presence of a stranger do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what he will divulge.
Make thou not a counsel before a stranger; for thou knowest not, what he shall bring forth.
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