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Sirach 7:1-7 World English Bible (WEB)

1. Do no evil, so shall no evil overtake you.

2. Depart from wrong, and it shall turn aside from you.

3. My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, And you shall not reap them sevenfold.

4. Seek not of the Lord preeminence, Neither of the king the seat of honor.

5. Justify not yourself in the presence of the Lord; And display not your wisdom before the king.

6. Seek not to be a judge, Lest you be not able to take away iniquities; Lest haply you fear the person of a mighty man, And lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.

7. Sin not against the multitude of the city, And cast not yourself down in the crowd.

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