OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 6:1

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Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.

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Verse 1. Instead. Greek “and instead,” and so forth Syriac begins this chapter with the preceding verse, with which this is connected. Detraction will separate friends.

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