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Sirach 23
Sirach 23:6
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Sirach 23:6
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Don't allow gluttony or sexual desire to overtake me, and don't hand me over to a shameless spirit.
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Lord, Father, God of my life, don't let me have prideful eyes
5
turn desire away from me.
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Don't allow gluttony or sexual desire to overtake me, and don't hand me over to a shameless spirit.
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Listen, my children, to instruction about your mouth; whoever follows my instruction will never succumb to it.
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The lips of sinners will seize them and make abusers and the arrogant stumble.
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soul
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