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Sirach 27:18
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Sirach 27:18
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Just as people destroy an enemy, so you have destroyed your friendship with your neighbors.
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Those who reveal secrets have destroyed trust, and they will never find a friend for themselves.
17
Show affection to friends and be loyal to them, but if you reveal their secrets, don't follow after them.
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Just as people destroy an enemy, so you have destroyed your friendship with your neighbors.
19
And as you set a bird free from your hand, so too you have let your neighbors go, and you won't catch them.
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Don't pursue them, because they have withdrawn far away from you, and they have escaped like a gazelle from a trap.
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Some manuscripts
a corpse
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