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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 41:17-21 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

17. Before your parents, be ashamed of immoral behaviour.Before a ruler or an important person, be ashamed of a lie.

18. Before a judge, be ashamed of criminal behaviour.Before a public assembly, be ashamed of breaking the law.Before a friend or partner, be ashamed of dishonesty.

19. Before your neighbours, be ashamed of theft.Be ashamed of breaking a promise,of leaning on the dinner table with your elbows,of stinginess when you are asked for something,

20. of not returning a greeting,of staring at a prostitute,

21. of turning down a relative's request,of depriving someone of what is rightly his,of staring at another man's wife,

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