Ecclesiasticus · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1My son, have you sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for your former sins.
2Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if you come too near it, it will bite you: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.
3All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds of which cannot be healed.
4To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.
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