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I will not be ashamed to protect a friend, and I will not hide from him;
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but if some harm should happen to me because of him, whoever hears of it will beware of him.
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O that a guard were set over my mouth, and a seal of prudence upon my lips, that it may keep me from falling, so that my tongue may not destroy me!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.