Sirach 4:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

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.
²¹For there is a shame that leads to sin,
and there is a shame that is glory and favour.

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