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Chapter 6

For a bad name will result in shame and reproach,
    as is the case of the double-tongued sinner.
Do not fall into the grip of passions,
    for these can tear you apart as if by a bull.[a]
They will devour your foliage and destroy your fruit,
    and you will be left standing like a withered tree.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 6:2 Bull: some translate as “fire.”