Sirach 4:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸Then she will come straight back to them again and gladden them,
and will reveal her secrets to them.
¹⁹If they go astray she will forsake them,
and hand them over to their ruin.

²⁰Watch for the opportune time, and beware of evil,
and do not be ashamed to be yourself.

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